6.23 Intrastate Support Orders

Intrastate support (child and spousal) orders are governed by La. C.C.P. arts. 2785, et seq. Surprisingly, this law is rarely invoked, and there are no reported appellate decisions. The law mandates an elaborate registration and approval process before courts other than the one that rendered the support order can make modifications. La. C.C.P. art. 74.2 allows the party receiving the support to seek modification in the parish of the party’s domicile. Therefore, it appears that in cases where the domicile is different from that of the rendering parish, the original order must be registered in the new parish prior to any modification action. The statutes for intrastate registration of support orders for modification and enforcement are not venue provisions.1  Venue for support modification must be determined under La. C.C.P. art. 74.2.

• 1See Scurria v. Griggs, 40,327 (La. App. 2 Cir. 12/21/05), 917 So. 2d 1215.