Effect Of Registration For Enforcement

Mont. Code Ann. § 40-5-1057, under Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.

Mont. Code Ann. § 40-5-1057

(1) A support order or income-withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order is registered when the order is filed in the registering tribunal of this state. (2) A registered support order issued in another state or a foreign country is enforceable in the same manner and is subject to the same procedures as an order issued by a tribunal of this state. (3) Except as otherwise provided in this part, a tribunal of this state shall recognize and enforce, but may not modify, a registered support order if the issuing tribunal had jurisdiction.