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Section 9-17-211 - Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify spousal-support order — Arkansas Law | CourtGPT
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  9. Section 9-17-211 - Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify spousal-support order
Arkansas Legal Code
(a) A tribunal of this state issuing a spousal-support order consistent with the law of this state has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify the spousal-support order throughout the existence of the support obligation.(b) A tribunal of this state may not modify a spousal-support order issued by a tribunal of another state or a foreign country having continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over that order under the law of that state or foreign country.(c) A tribunal of this state that has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over a spousal-support order may serve as: (1) an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce the spousal-support order issued in this state; or(2) a responding tribunal to enforce or modify its own spousal-support order.Added by Act 2015, No. 888,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2015

Section 9-17-211 - Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify spousal-support order

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