Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes

23 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 7609 (2026)

Procedure to register child support order of another state for modification.

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SUBCHAPTER C

REGISTRATION AND MODIFICATION

OF CHILD SUPPORT ORDER OF ANOTHER STATE

Sec.

7609. Procedure to register child support order of another state for modification.

7610. Effect of registration for modification.

7611. Modification of child support order of another state.

7612. Recognition of order modified in another state.

7613. Jurisdiction to modify child support order of another state when individual parties reside in this State.

7614. Notice to issuing tribunal of modification.

Subchapter Heading. The heading of Subchapter C was amended December 28, 2015, P.L.559, No.94, effective immediately.

§ 7609. Procedure to register child support order of another state for modification.

A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify or to modify and enforce a child support order issued in another state must register that order in this State in the same manner provided in Subchapter A (relating to registration for enforcement of support order) or B (relating to contest of validity or enforcement) if the order has not been registered. A petition for modification may be filed at the same time as a request for registration or later. The pleading must specify the grounds for modification.

(Dec. 28, 2015, P.L.559, No.94, eff. imd.)

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 2001–2008 · leading case: Trissler v. Trissler, 987 So. 2d 209 (Fla. 5th DCA 2008).

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Trissler v. Trissler, 987 So. 2d 209 (Fla. 5th DCA 2008). “(2007); see also 23 Pa. Cons.Stat. § 7609 (2007). Florida, as the non-issuing state, is authorized to modify the Pennsylvania child support order only if it is properly registered here.”

Simpson v. Sinclair, 788 A.2d 1016 (Pa. Super. Ct. 2001). “23 Pa. C.S. § 7609. ¶ 10 There is nothing in the Act suggesting it is Wife’s burden to prove jurisdiction; it is Husband’s burden to disprove it.”

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