40-5-192. Procedure to register child support order of another state for modification. A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify or to modify and enforce a child support order issued in another state shall register that order in this state in the same manner provided in 40-5-184 through 40-5-186, 40-5-188, and 40-5-271 if the order has not been registered. A petition for modification may be filed either at the same time as a request for registration or later. The pleading must specify the grounds for modification.

     History: En. Sec. 44, Ch. 328, L. 1993.