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substantive and procedural provisions of UIFSA, i.e., those | | found in the Act other than in Articles 1, 2, and 6. Note, | | however, that the provision in Section 611(c) forbidding | | modification of nonmodifiable aspects of the controlling order | | applies. For example, the duration of the support obligation | | remains fixed by the original controlling order despite the | | subsequent residence of all parties in a new State. The fact | | that the State of the new controlling order has a different | | duration of for child support is specifically declared to be | | irrelevant by UIFSA, see Section 611, supra. Note that the even- | | handed approach of the Act is sustained; neither an increase nor | | a decrease in the duration in the obligation of child support is | | permitted. |
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| | | §3256.__Notice to issuing tribunal of modification |
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| | | Within 30 days after issuance of a modified child-support | | order, the party obtaining the modification shall file a | | certified copy of the order with the issuing tribunal that had | | continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over the earlier order, and | | in each tribunal in which the party knows the earlier order | | has been registered. A party who obtains the order and fails | | to file a certified copy is subject to appropriate sanctions | | by a tribunal in which the issue of failure to file arises. | | The failure to file does not affect the validity or | | enforceability of the modified order of the new tribunal | | having continuing, exclusive jurisdiction. |
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| | | (This is Section 614 of the Uniform Act.) |
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| | | This stand-alone provision is designed to clarify the | | organization of the Act; it states the crucial proposition | | that the prevailing party must inform the original issuing | | tribunal about its loss of continuing, exclusive jurisdiction | | over its child-support order. Thereafter, the original | | tribunal may not modify, or review and adjust, the amount of | | child support. Notice to the issuing tribunal and other | | affected tribunals that the continuing, exclusive jurisdiction | | of the former controlling order has been modified is crucial | | to avoid the confusion and chaos of the multiple-order system | | UIFSA is designed to replace. |
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| | | Additionally, the tribunal has authority to impose sanctions | | on a party who fails to comply with the requirement to give | | notice of a modification to all interested tribunals. Note, | | however, that failure to notify a displaced tribunal of a | | modification | | of its order does not affect the validity of the modified | | order. |
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