Okla. Stat. tit. 43, § 43-601-711
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Residency of obligee – Jurisdiction - Nonrecognition
Official statutory text
of order.
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
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 43. Marriage and Family Page 209
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, subsection C of Section 601-708 of Title 43 of the Oklahoma
Statutes applies.
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
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 43. Marriage and Family Page 209
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, subsection C of Section 601-708 of Title 43 of the Oklahoma
Statutes applies.
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