Judical Code

Judicial Code

Rule 46: Enforcement of Foreign Child Support Orders

(a) All the terms of a foreign child support order which this Court has ordered be given full faith and credit, and which this Court has ordered be enforced pursuant to Rule 39, shall be included in this Court's order or judgment requiring enforcement of the foreign order including statutorily-mandated adjustments such as cost-of-living adjustments and adjustments for arrearages. Collection of such additional amounts from Prairie Island Indian Community members or employees shall occur as it would in the jurisdiction of the foreign child support order, and no further order of this Court shall be necessary to collect such amounts.

(b) If a foreign child support order which this Court has ordered be given full faith and credit, and which this Court has ordered be enforced pursuant to Rule 39, is modified as a result of further proceedings in the foreign court, the modified order must be presented to this Court for a determination as to whether it is entitled to full faith and credit and, in the event the Court determines that full faith and credit should be given, whether the order should be enforced, just as the original order was.

Note of Amendment: Rule 46 was added to the Code in March, 1997.

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