§ 1205. Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify a child support order
(a) A tribunal of this State that has issued a child support order consistent with the
law of this State shall have and exercise continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify
its child support order if the order is the controlling order and:
(1) at the time of the filing of a request for modification, this State is the residence
of the obligor, the individual obligee, or the child for whose benefit the support
order is issued; or
(2) the parties consent in a record or in open court that the tribunal of this State may
continue to exercise jurisdiction to modify its order, even if this State is not the
residence of the obligor, the individual obligee, or the child for whose benefit the
support order is issued.
(b) A tribunal of this State that has issued a child support order consistent with the
law of this State may not exercise continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify the
order if:
(1) all of the parties who are individuals file consent in a record with the tribunal
of this State that a tribunal of another state that has jurisdiction over at least
one of the parties who is an individual or that is located in the state of residence
of the child may modify the order and assume continuing, exclusive jurisdiction; or
(2) its order is not the controlling order.
(c) If a tribunal of another state has issued a child support order pursuant to the Uniform
Interstate Family Support Act or a law substantially similar which modifies a child
support order of a tribunal of this State, the tribunal of this State shall recognize
the continuing, exclusive jurisdiction of the tribunal of the other state.
(d) A tribunal of this State that lacks continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify a
child support order may serve as an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another
state to modify a support order issued in that state.
(e) A temporary support order issued ex parte or pending resolution of a jurisdictional
conflict does not create continuing, exclusive jurisdiction in the issuing tribunal. (Added 2015, No. 16, § 2, eff. June 1, 2015.)