Ark. Code Ann. § 9-17-615 (2020)

1. Except as otherwise provided in § 9-17-711, if a foreign country lacks or refuses to exercise jurisdiction to modify its child-support order pursuant to its laws, a tribunal of this state may assume jurisdiction to modify the child-support order and bind all individuals subject to the personal jurisdiction of the tribunal whether the consent to modification of a child-support order otherwise required of the individual pursuant to § 9-17-611 has been given or whether the individual seeking modification is a resident of this state or of the foreign country.
2. An order issued by a tribunal of this state modifying a foreign child-support order pursuant to this section is the controlling order.

History. Acts 2015, No. 888, § 1.