§2969.__Credit for payments

A tribunal of this State 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 this State or another state.

§2970.__Application of chapter to nonresident subject to personal

jurisdiction

A tribunal of this State exercising personal jurisdiction over a nonresident in a proceeding under this chapter or under other laws of this State relating to a support order or recognizing a support order of a foreign country or political subdivision on the basis of comity may receive evidence from another state pursuant to section 3016, communicate with a tribunal of another state pursuant to section 3017 and obtain discovery through a tribunal of another state pursuant to section 3018. In all other respects, subchapters 3 to 7 do not apply and the tribunal shall apply the procedural and substantive law of this State.

§2971.__Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify spousal

support order

1.__Tribunal of this State; continuing, exclusive jurisdiction.__A tribunal of this State issuing a spousal support order consistent with the law of this State has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify the spousal support order throughout the existence of the support obligation.

2.__Spousal support issued by another state.__A tribunal of this State may not modify a spousal support order issued by a tribunal of another state having continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over that order under the law of that state.

3. Tribunal of this State; initiating or responding tribunal.__ A tribunal of this State that has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over a spousal support order may serve as:

A.__An initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce the spousal support order issued in this State; or