Section 46b-408 – Modification of Convention child support order

May 15, 2021 | Connecticut, Family Law

(a) A tribunal of this state may not modify a Convention child support order if the obligee remains a resident of the foreign country where the support order was issued unless (1) the obligee submits to the jurisdiction of a tribunal of this state, either expressly or by defending on the merits of the case without objecting to the jurisdiction at the first available opportunity; or (2) the foreign tribunal lacks or refuses to exercise jurisdiction to modify its support order or issue a new support order.
(b) If a tribunal of this state does not modify a Convention child support order because the order is not recognized in this state, subsection (c) of section 46b-405 applies.

Conn. Gen. Stat. ยง 46b-408

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

Added by P.A. 15-0071, S. 71 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2015 Regular Session, eff. 7/1/2015.