Section 40-5-1067 – Jurisdiction to modify child support order of another state when individual parties reside in this state

May 13, 2021 | Family Law, Montana

(1) If all of the parties who are individuals reside in this state and the child does not reside in the issuing state, a tribunal of this state has jurisdiction to enforce and modify the issuing state’s child support order in a proceeding to register that order.
(2) A tribunal of this state exercising jurisdiction under this section shall apply the provisions of 40-5-1001 through 40-5-1005, 40-5-1008 through 40-5-1018, 40-5-1055 through 40-5-1070, and the procedural and substantive law of this state to the proceeding for enforcement or modification. Sections 40-5-1021 through 40-5-1039, 40-5-1042, 40-5-1043, 40-5-1046 through 40-5-1052, 40-5-1073 through 40-5-1085 , 40-5-1088, and 40-5-1089 do not apply.

ยง 40-5-1067, MCA

Amended by Laws 2019, Ch. 131,Sec. 17, eff. 10/1/2019.
Renumbered from 40-5-194 by Laws 2015, Ch. 174,Sec. 71, eff. 7/1/2015.
Amended by Laws 2015, Ch. 174,Sec. 64, eff. 7/1/2015.
En. Sec. 46, Ch. 328, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 37, Ch. 552, L. 1997.