Section 552.1639 - Issuance of modified child support order; failure to file with issuing tribunal.
UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 310 of 1996
552.1639 Issuance of modified child support order; failure to file with issuing tribunal.
Sec. 639.
Within 30 days after issuance of a modified child support order, the party obtaining the modifications shall file a certified copy of the order with the issuing tribunal that had continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over the earlier order and in each tribunal in which the party knows the earlier order is registered. A party who obtains the order and fails to file a certified copy is subject to appropriate sanctions by a tribunal in which the issue of failure to file arises. The failure to file does not affect the validity or enforceability of the modified order of the new tribunal having continuing, exclusive jurisdiction.
History: Add. 1998, Act 65, Imd. Eff. Apr. 27, 1998