A. Upon confirming the registration of the support order, the registering court shall have continuing jurisdiction to modify the support order. B. The clerk of the registering court shall issue notice of the confirmation to the rendering court or, if the support order has been previously registered and confirmed for modification in another court of this state, to the last registering court. Upon receipt of the notice, the rendering court or, if applicable, the last registering court shall cause the notice to be filed in the proceedings in which the support order was rendered or registered and that court shall be divested of jurisdiction to modify the support order retroactively to the original notice of registration filed therein unless it is subsequently registered therein for modification. C. When confirmed, the registered support order shall be treated in the same manner and have the same effect as a support order issued by the registering court. Additionally, the confirmed registered support order is subject to the same procedures, defenses, and proceedings for modifying, vacating, or staying as a support order of the rendering court, and may be enforced and satisfied in a like manner.
Art. 2789.Confirmed Registered Support Order For Modification; Effect
Book V. Summary and Executory Proceedings · Title II. Executory Proceedings · Chapter 7. Making Judgments of Other Louisiana Courts Executory · Last amended 1999 · Last verified July 30, 2026
In one sentenceArticle 2789 spells out what confirmation accomplishes under the modification track: the registering court gains continuing jurisdiction to modify the support order, the rendering court or prior registering court is notified and loses that jurisdiction retroactive to the original registration, and the confirmed order is thereafter treated exactly as if the registering court had issued it.
Full Text of Art. 2789
Amendment History
Added by Acts 1997, No. 603, §2; Acts 1999, No. 210, §1.
Plain-English Summary
Once a registration for modification is confirmed under Article 2788, Article 2789 describes the legal consequences in three parts.
First, the registering court gains continuing jurisdiction to modify the support order going forward. Second, the clerk of the registering court sends notice of the confirmation to the rendering court, or to the last court where the order was previously registered and confirmed if that applies. That court files the notice in its own case record and is divested of jurisdiction to modify the order -- retroactive to when the original registration notice was filed there -- unless the order is later registered there again.
The retroactive timing matters. It prevents a gap, or worse an overlap, where two courts might both believe they have authority to modify the same support order at the same time.
Third, once confirmed, the order is treated in every respect as though the registering court had issued it originally. It becomes subject to the same procedures, defenses, and proceedings for modifying, vacating, or staying it, and it can be enforced and satisfied the same way, as a support order the registering court rendered on its own.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which court can modify the support order after confirmation?
The registering court. Article 2789 gives it continuing jurisdiction to modify the order once the registration is confirmed.
Does the original rendering court keep any power to modify the order?
No, once confirmation occurs. That court is divested of modification jurisdiction, retroactive to the original registration notice, unless the order is later registered there again.
Is a confirmed registered order treated any differently from one the registering court issued from scratch?
No. Article 2789 treats it the same way in every respect, including the procedures, defenses, and proceedings available for modifying, vacating, or staying it.
Why does the divestiture of jurisdiction apply retroactively?
To avoid two courts holding modification authority over the same support order at the same time, closing the gap between when registration was first filed and when it was confirmed.
Source & verification. Article text is reproduced verbatim from
the Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure (legis.la.gov). Enacted by the Louisiana Legislature.
Last verified July 30, 2026.
· Official source
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