03. Effect of registration for enforcement. (a) A support order or income-withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order is registered when the order is filed in the registering tribunal of the District. (b) A registered support order issued in another state or a foreign country is enforceable in the same manner and is subject to the same procedures as an order issued by a tribunal of the District. (c) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a tribunal of the District shall recognize and enforce, but may not modify, a registered support order if the issuing tribunal had jurisdiction. (Feb. 27, 2016, D.C. Law 21-73, § 603, 63 DCR 222.)
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