California Family Code CHAPTER 2 - Jurisdiction

• Section 5700.201.
  (a) In a proceeding to establish or enforce a support order or to determine parentage of a child, a tribunal of this state may exercise personal...
• Section 5700.202.
  Personal jurisdiction acquired by a tribunal of this state in a proceeding under this part or other law of this state relating to a support...
• Section 5700.203.
  Under this part, a tribunal of this state may serve as an initiating tribunal to forward proceedings to a tribunal of another state, and as...
• Section 5700.204.
  (a) A tribunal of this state may exercise jurisdiction to establish a support order if the petition or comparable pleading is filed after a pleading is...
• Section 5700.205.
  (a) A tribunal of this state that has issued a child-support order consistent with the law of this state has and shall exercise continuing, exclusive jurisdiction...
• Section 5700.206.
  (a) A tribunal of this state that has issued a child-support order consistent with the law of this state may serve as an initiating tribunal to...
• Section 5700.207.
  (a) If a proceeding is brought under this part and only one tribunal has issued a child-support order, the order of that tribunal controls and must...
• Section 5700.208.
  In responding to registrations or petitions for enforcement of two or more child-support orders in effect at the same time with regard to the same...
• Section 5700.209.
  A tribunal of this state shall credit amounts collected for a particular period pursuant to any child-support order against the amounts owed for the same...
• Section 5700.210.
  A tribunal of this state exercising personal jurisdiction over a nonresident in a proceeding under this part, under other law of this state relating to...
• Section 5700.211.
  (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...

Last modified: October 22, 2018