N.D. Cent. Code § 14-12.2-46.3

Current through 2024 Legislative Session
Section 14-12.2-46.3 - (615) Jurisdiction to modify child support order of foreign country or political subdivision
1. Except as otherwise provided in section 14-12.2-47.11, if a foreign country lacks or refuses to exercise jurisdiction to modify its child support order pursuant to its laws, a tribunal of this state may assume jurisdiction to modify the child support order and bind all individuals subject to the personal jurisdiction of the tribunal whether or not the consent to modification of a child support order otherwise required of the individual pursuant to section 14-12.2-45 has been given or whether the individual seeking modification is a resident of this state or of the foreign country.
2. An order issued by a tribunal of this state modifying a foreign child support order pursuant to this section is the controlling order.

N.D.C.C. § 14-12.2-46.3

Effective date amended to 7/1/2015 by S.L. 2015, ch. 126 (HB 1111),§ 13, eff. 4/15/2015.
Effective on the date the department of human services certifies to the legislative council that the Hague convention on the international recovery of child support and other forms of family maintenance is ratified and that the United States deposited its instrument of ratification.