(1) If all of the parties who are individuals reside in this state and the child does not reside in the issuing state, a tribunal of this state has jurisdiction to enforce and to modify the issuing state’s child support order in a proceeding to register that order.
(2) A tribunal of this state exercising jurisdiction under this section shall apply the provisions of Articles 1 and 2 of this chapter, this Article, and the procedural and substantive law of the state to the proceeding for enforcement or modification. Articles 3, 4, 5, 7, and 8 do not apply.
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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 407.5613

  • 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 a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010

Effective: June 24, 2015
History: Amended 2015 Ky. Acts ch. 18, sec. 52, effective June 24, 2015. — Created
1998 Ky. Acts ch. 101, sec. 18, effective March 23, 1998.

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