A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or to modify and enforce, a child-support order issued in another state shall register that order in the District in the same manner provided in §§ 46-356.01 through 46-356.08 if the order has not been registered. A petition for modification may be filed at the same time as a request for registration, or later. The pleading must specify the grounds for modification.
(Feb. 27, 2016, D.C. Law 21-73, § 609, 63 DCR 222.)
Structure District of Columbia Code
Chapter 3A - Uniform Interstate Family Support
Subchapter VI - Registration, Enforcement, and Modification of Support Order
Part A - Registration for Enforcement of Support Order
§ 46–356.01. Registration of order for enforcement
§ 46–356.02. Procedure to register order for enforcement
§ 46–356.03. Effect of registration for enforcement
§ 46–356.05. Notice of registration of order
§ 46–356.06. Procedure to contest validity or enforcement of registered support order
§ 46–356.07. Contest of registration or enforcement
§ 46–356.09. Procedure to register child-support order of another state for modification
§ 46–356.10. Effect of registration for modification
§ 46–356.11. Modification of child-support order of another state