Family Code section 5700.711

(a)

A tribunal of this state may not modify a Convention child-support order if the obligee remains a resident of the foreign country where the support order was issued unless:

(1)

the obligee submits to the jurisdiction of a tribunal of this state, either expressly or by defending on the merits of the case without objecting to the jurisdiction at the first available opportunity; or

(2)

the foreign tribunal lacks or refuses to exercise jurisdiction to modify its support order or issue a new support order.

(b)

If a tribunal of this state does not modify a Convention child-support order because the order is not recognized in this state, Section 5700.708(c) applies.

Source: Section 5700.711, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=FAM§ionNum=5700.­711.­ (updated Jan. 1, 2016; accessed Jun. 30, 2025).

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