52C-6-603. Effect of registration for enforcement.
(a) A support order or income-withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order is registered when the order is filed in the registering tribunal of this State.
(b) A registered support order issued in another state or a foreign country is enforceable in the same manner and is subject to the same procedures as an order issued by a tribunal of this State.
(c) Except as otherwise provided in this Chapter, a tribunal of this State shall recognize and enforce, but may not modify, a registered support order if the issuing tribunal had jurisdiction. (1995, c. 538, s. 7(c); 2015-117, s. 1.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 52C - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act
Article 6 - Registration, Enforcement, and Modification of Support Order.
§ 52C-6-601 - Registration of order for enforcement.
§ 52C-6-602 - Procedure to register order for enforcement.
§ 52C-6-603 - Effect of registration for enforcement.
§ 52C-6-605 - Notice of registration of order.
§ 52C-6-606 - Procedure to contest validity or enforcement of registered support order.
§ 52C-6-607 - Contest of registration or enforcement.
§ 52C-6-608 - Confirmed order.
§ 52C-6-609 - Procedure to register child support order of another state for modification.
§ 52C-6-610 - Effect of registration for modification.
§ 52C-6-611 - Modification of child support order of another state.
§ 52C-6-612 - Recognition of order modified in another state.
§ 52C-6-614 - Notice to issuing tribunal of modification.
§ 52C-6-615 - Jurisdiction to modify child support order of foreign country.
§ 52C-6-616 - Procedure to register child support order of foreign country for modification.