Current with changes from the 2024 legislative session through ch. 845
Section 20-88.93 - Modification of Convention child support orderA. A tribunal of the Commonwealth may not modify a Convention child support order if the obligee remains a resident of the foreign country where the support order was issued unless:1. The obligee submits to the jurisdiction of a tribunal of the Commonwealth, either expressly or by defending on the merits of the case without objecting to the jurisdiction at the first available opportunity; or2. The foreign tribunal lacks or refuses to exercise jurisdiction to modify its support order or issue a new support order.B. If a tribunal of the Commonwealth does not modify a Convention child support order because the order is not recognized in the Commonwealth, subsection C of § 20-88.90 applies.Added by Acts 2015 c. 727, § 1, eff. 4/15/2015.