Section 3-314 – Limited Immunity of Petitioner
Section 3–314. Limited immunity of petitioner. (a) Participation by a petitioner in a proceeding under this chapter before a responding tribunal, whether in person, by private attorney or through services provided by the support enforcement agency, does not confer personal jurisdiction over the petitioner in another proceeding. (b) A petitioner is not amenable to service […]
Section 2-211 – Continuing, Exclusive Jurisdiction to Modify Spousal Support Order
Section 2–211. Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify spousal support order. (a) A tribunal of the commonwealth issuing a spousal support order consistent with the law of the commonwealth has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify the spousal support order throughout the existence of the support obligation. (b) A tribunal of the commonwealth may not modify a […]
Section 3-313 – Costs and Fees
Section 3–313. Costs and fees. (a) The petitioner may not be required to pay a filing fee or other costs. (b) If an obligee prevails, a responding tribunal of the commonwealth may assess against an obligor filing fees, reasonable attorney’s fees, other costs, and necessary travel and other reasonable expenses incurred by the obligee and […]
Section 2-210 – Application of Chapter to Nonresident Subject to Personal Jurisdiction
Section 2–210. Application of chapter to nonresident subject to personal jurisdiction. A tribunal of the commonwealth exercising personal jurisdiction over a nonresident in a proceeding under this chapter, under other law of the commonwealth relating to a support order or recognizing a foreign support order may receive evidence from outside the commonwealth pursuant to section […]
Section 3-312 – Nondisclosure of Information in Exceptional Circumstances
Section 3–312. Nondisclosure of information in exceptional circumstances. If a party alleges in an affidavit or a pleading under oath that the health, safety or liberty of a party or child would be jeopardized by disclosure of specific identifying information, that information must be sealed and may not be disclosed to the other party or […]
Section 2-209 – Credit for Payments
Section 2–209. Credit for payments. A tribunal of the commonwealth shall credit amounts collected for a particular period pursuant to any child support order against the amounts owed for the same period under any other child support order for support of the same child issued by a tribunal of the commonwealth, another state or a […]
Section 3-311 – Pleadings and Accompanying Documents
Section 3–311. Pleadings and accompanying documents. (a) In a proceeding under this chapter, a petitioner seeking to establish a support order, to determine parentage of a child or to register and modify a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country must file a petition. Unless otherwise ordered under section 3–312, […]
Section 18 – Judgments or Orders of Support; Enforcement
Section 18. Each judgment or order of support which is issued, reviewed or modified pursuant to this chapter shall conform to and shall be enforced in accordance with the provisions of chapter one hundred and nineteen A.
Section 19 – Judgment or Temporary Order of Support; Enforcement
Section 19. A judgment of support issued in conclusion of a proceeding under this chapter or a temporary support order issued under this chapter may be enforced with one or more of the following methods: (1) contempt in accordance with sections thirty-four and thirty-four A of chapter two hundred and fifteen; (2) execution of the […]
Section 20 – Modification of Judgments; Jurisdiction
Section 20. A court with original jurisdiction pursuant to section three has continuing jurisdiction, upon a complaint filed by a person or agency entitled to file original actions, to modify judgments of support, custody or visitation; provided however, that no modification concerning custody or visitation shall be granted unless the court finds that a substantial […]