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New Jersey Statutes, Title: 2A, ADMINISTRATION OF CIVIL AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Chapter 4:
Section: 2A:4-30.139: Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify spousal support order.
16. Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify spousal support order.
a. A tribunal of this State issuing a spousal support order consistent with the law of this State has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify the spousal support order throughout the existence of the support obligation.
b. A tribunal of this State may not modify a spousal support order issued by a tribunal of another state or a foreign country having continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over that order under the law of that state or foreign country.
c. A tribunal of this State that has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over a spousal support order may serve as:
(1) an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce the spousal support order issued in this State; or
(2) a responding tribunal to enforce or modify its own spousal support order.
L.2016, c.1, s.16.
This section added to the Rutgers Database: 2016-04-13 11:15:00.
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