Section 46b-372 – Effect of registration for enforcement

May 15, 2021 | Connecticut, Family Law

(a) A support order or income-withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order is registered when the order is filed in the registering tribunal of this state.
(b) A registered support order issued in another state or a foreign country is enforceable in the same manner and is subject to the same procedures as an order issued by a tribunal of this state.
(c) Except as otherwise provided in sections 46b-301 to 46b-425, inclusive, a tribunal of this state shall recognize and enforce, but may not modify, a registered support order if the issuing tribunal had jurisdiction.

Conn. Gen. Stat. ยง 46b-372

( P.A. 15-71, S. 47.)

Added by P.A. 15-0071, S. 47 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2015 Regular Session, eff. 7/1/2015.