In Re Marriage of Straeck

Opinion

ABBE, J.

Appeal from an order modifying the amount of child support to be paid by appellant. The sole issue is whether a child support order entered in a dissolution action in one county in California may be modified by the court in another county of this state where the order has been registered pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 1697, subdivision (b) 1 of the Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act (RURESA). For reasons set out below we hold that the county in which the child support order is registered may prospectively modify the amount of child support…