(a) A tribunal of this State that has issued a child-support order consistent with the law of this State may serve as an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce:
         (1) the order if the order is the controlling order
    
and has not been modified by a tribunal of another state that assumed jurisdiction pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act; or
        (2) a money judgment for arrears of support and
    
interest on the order accrued before a determination that an order of a tribunal of another state is the controlling order.
    (b) A tribunal of this State having continuing jurisdiction over a support order may act as a responding tribunal to enforce the order.

Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 750 ILCS 22/206

  • 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 different parts of the United States, may be construed to include the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14
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