Section 46b-388 – Jurisdiction to modify child support order of another state when individual parties reside in this state

May 15, 2021 | Connecticut, Family Law

(a) 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 to modify the issuing state’s child support order in a proceeding to register that order.
(b) A tribunal of this state exercising jurisdiction under this section shall apply the provisions of sections 46b-301 to 46b-321, inclusive, sections 46b-370 to 46b-394, inclusive, and the procedural and substantive law of this state to the proceeding for enforcement or modification. Sections 46b-327 to 46b-364, inclusive, and sections 46b-398 to 46b-417, inclusive, do not apply.

Conn. Gen. Stat. ยง 46b-388

( P.A. 15-71, S. 57.)

Added by P.A. 15-0071, S. 57 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2015 Regular Session, eff. 7/1/2015.