3705 - Enforcement of foreign decrees.

     § 3705.  Enforcement of foreign decrees.        (a)  General rule.--Whenever a person subject to a valid     decree of a sister state or territory for the distribution of     marital property or for the payment of alimony, temporary     alimony or alimony pendente lite, or the property of that person     is found within this Commonwealth, the obligee of the decree may     petition the court where the obligor or the property of the     obligor is found to register, adopt as its own and enforce the     decree as a properly issued and authenticated decree of a sister     state or territory. Upon registration and adoption, such relief     and process for enforcement as is provided or prescribed by law     in similar cases originally commenced in this Commonwealth shall     be available. A copy of the decree and order shall be forwarded     to the court of the state or territory which issued the original     decree. The obligor shall have whatever defenses and relief are     available to the obligor in the state or territory which issued     the original decree and may question the jurisdiction of that     court if not otherwise barred. Interest may be awarded on unpaid     installments and security may be required to insure future     payments as in cases originally commenced in this Commonwealth.     Where property of the obligor, but not the person of the     obligor, is found within this Commonwealth, there shall be     jurisdiction quasi in rem, and, upon registration and adoption     of the decree of the sister state or territory, relief and     enforcement of the decree shall be available as in other     proceedings which are quasi in rem.        (b)  Optional procedure.--The right of a judgment creditor to     proceed under 42 Pa.C.S. § 4306 (relating to enforcement of     foreign judgments) or otherwise instead of proceeding under this     section remains unimpaired.