(a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 30-3D-711, 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 the consent to modification of a child-support order otherwise required of the individual pursuant to Section 30-3D-611 has been given or whether the individual seeking modification is a resident of this state or of the foreign country.
(b) An order issued by a tribunal of this state modifying a foreign child-support order pursuant to this section is the controlling order.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 30 - Marital and Domestic Relations.
Chapter 3D - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.
Article 6 - Registration, Enforcement, and Modication of Support Order.
Part 4 - Registration and Modification of Foreign Child-Support Order.
Section 30-3D-615 - Jurisdiction to Modify Child-Support Order of Foreign Country.
Section 30-3D-616 - Procedure to Register Child-Support Order of Foreign Country for Modification.