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Case Update (2021): FY v. JL; jurisdiction to modify a foreign child support order

March 25, 2021

In the unpublished opinion of FY v. JL, the New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division denied a Mother's attempt to modify the parties' Chinese child support order.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

Category iconchild support,  continuing exclusive jurisdiction,  foreign child support order,  modification,  UIFSA

Case Update (2020): Tompkins v. Tompkins; jurisdiction to issue an initial child support order under UIFSA; difference between custody jurisdiction and child support jurisdiction

December 22, 2020

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

Category iconchild support,  Hague Maintenance Convention,  jurisdiction,  personal jurisdiction,  UIFSA

Case Update (2020): Tompkins v. Tompkins; Distinction between Child Support Jurisdiction and Custody Jurisdiction

May 18, 2020

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

Category iconchild support,  Maintenance Convention,  personal jurisdiction,  UIFSA

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