5700.711. (a) A tribunal of this state may not modify a Convention child-support order if the obligee remains a resident of the foreign country where the support order was issued unless:(1) the obligee submits to the jurisdiction of a tribunal of this state, either expressly or by defending on the merits of the case without objecting to the jurisdiction at the first available opportunity; or(2) the foreign tribunal lacks or refuses to exercise jurisdiction to modify its support order or issue a new support order.(b) If a tribunal of this state does not modify a Convention child-support order because the order is not recognized in this state, Section 5700.708(c) applies.(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 493, Sec. 5. (SB 646) Effective January 1, 2016.)
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