In the unpublished opinion of FY v. JL, the New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division denied a Mother's attempt to modify the parties' Chinese child support order. The parties, parents to a minor child born in China in 2006, entered into a Marital Settlement Agreement (MSA) in … Read More about Case Update (2021): FY v. JL; jurisdiction to modify a foreign child support order
Case Update (2020): Tompkins v. Tompkins; jurisdiction to issue an initial child support order under UIFSA; difference between custody jurisdiction and child support jurisdiction
In a rare appellate opinion that addresses international child support, the Court of Appeals of Arkansas reversed its trial court and concluded that Arkansas did have jurisdiction to issue an initial child support order. Natalie Tompkins and the parties' child resided in Germany, which … Read More about Case Update (2020): Tompkins v. Tompkins; jurisdiction to issue an initial child support order under UIFSA; difference between custody jurisdiction and child support jurisdiction
Case Update (2020): Tompkins v. Tompkins; Distinction between Child Support Jurisdiction and Custody Jurisdiction
In Tompkins v. Tompkins, (2020 Ark. App. 122 (Ark. App. 2020), the Arkansas Court of Appeals, Division IV, made certain that the parties understood the distinction between custody jurisdiction under the UCCJEA and child support jurisdiction under UIFSA. The minor child had been residing in … Read More about Case Update (2020): Tompkins v. Tompkins; Distinction between Child Support Jurisdiction and Custody Jurisdiction