Domestication

The process of registering an order from another state, country, or territory in Arizona so that it may be enforced or, in the case of child support, legal decision-making, and parenting, modified (if all the jurisdictional requirements are met). The procedures for registering a foreign support order are particularly strict and should be followed carefully. A support order and property division order must be registered before they may be enforced in the state; the standards for enforcing parenting time and legal decision-making are more lax, and registration of a foreign order is not necessarily required, but many judges will require it before enforcing.