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 PUBLIC LAW 103-383—OCT. 20, 1994 108 STAT. 4065 "(A) means a judgment, decree, or order of a court requiring the payment of child support in periodic amounts or in a lump sum; and "(B) includes— "(i) a permanent or temporary order; and "(ii) an initial order or a modification of an order. " 'contestant' means— "(A) a person (including a parent) who— "(i) claims a right to receive child support; "(ii) is a party to a proceeding that may result in the issuance of a child support order; or "(iii) is under a child support order; and "(B) a State or political subdivision of a State to which the right to obtain child support has been assigned. " 'court' means a court or administrative agency of a State that is authorized by State law to establish the amount of child support payable by a contestant or make a modification of a child support order. "'modification' means a change in a child support order that affects the amount, scope, or duration of the order and modifies, replaces, supersedes, or otherwise is made subsequent to the child support order. "'State' means a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the territories and possessions of the United States, and Indian country (as defined in section 1151 of title 18). "(c) REQUIREMENTS OF CHILD SUPPORT ORDERS.—A child support order made is made consistently with this section if— "(1) a court that makes the order, pursuant to the laws of the State in which the court is located— "(A) has subject matter jurisdiction to hear the matter and enter such an order; and "(B) has personal jurisdiction over the contestants; and "(2) reasonable notice and opportunity to be heard is given to the contestants. "(d) CONTINUING JURISDICTION.—A co urt of a State that has made a child support order consistently with this section has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over the order if the State is the child's State or the residence of any contestant unless the court of another State, acting in accordance with subsection (e), has made a modification of the order. "(e) AUTHORITY TO MODIFY ORDERS.— A court of a State may make a modification of a child support order with respect to a child that is made by a court of another State if— "(1) the court has jurisdiction to make such a child support order; and "(2)(A) the court of the other State no longer has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction of the child support order because that State no longer is the child's State or the residence of any contestant; or "(B) each contestant has filed written consent to that court's msddng the modification and assuming continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over the order. "(f) ENFORCEMENT OF PRIOR ORDERS.— A court of a State that no longer has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction of a child support order may enforce the order with respect to nonmodifiable obliga-

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