(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.

Terms Used In Alabama Code 30-3D-615

  • 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
(b) An order issued by a tribunal of this state modifying a foreign child-support order pursuant to this section is the controlling order.
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