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750 ILCS 22/711

    (750 ILCS 22/711)
    Sec. 711. Modification of Convention child-support order.

(a) A tribunal of this State may not modify a Convention child-support order if the obligee remains a resident of the foreign country where the support order was issued unless:

(1) the obligee submits to the jurisdiction of a

tribunal of this State, either expressly or by defending on the merits of the case without objecting to the jurisdiction at the first available opportunity; or

(2) the foreign tribunal lacks or refuses to exercise

jurisdiction to modify its support order or issue a new support order.

(b) If a tribunal of this State does not modify a Convention child-support order because the order is not recognized in this State, Section 708(c) applies.

(Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)