§ 30-3D-615 Jurisdiction to modify child-support order of foreign country
§ 30-3D-616 Procedure to register child-support order of foreign country for modification

Terms Used In Alabama Code > Title 30 > Chapter 3D > Article 6 > Part 4 - Registration and Modification of Foreign Child-Support Order

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1