Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 52C-6-612

  • 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.

If a child support order issued by a tribunal of this State is modified by a tribunal of another state which assumed jurisdiction pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, a tribunal of this State:

(1)        May enforce its order that was modified only as to arrears and interest accruing before the modification;

(2)        Repealed by Session Laws 2015-117, s. 1, effective June 24, 2015.

(3)        May provide other appropriate relief for violations of its order which occurred before the effective date of the modification; and

(4)        Shall recognize the modifying order of the other state, upon registration, for the purpose of enforcement. ?(1995, c. 538, s. 7(c); 2015-117, s. 1.)