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******************************************************MILDRED HORNBLOWER v. JOHN HORNBLOWER (AC 35550)
Bear, Sheldon and Harper, Js.* Argued March 19—officially released July 1, 2014 (Appeal from Superior Court, judicial district of Stamford-Norwalk, Shay. J. [dissolution judgment];

Emons, J. [motion to dismiss].)
Thomas M. Shanley, for the appellant (defendant).Allen Gary Palmer, for the appellee (plaintiff).Opinion SHELDON, J. In this appeal, we must examine the provisions of the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (UIFSA), General Statutes § 46b-212 et seq. UIFSA, which has been adopted by all states, including Connecticut,1 governs the procedures for establishing, enforcing and modifying child and spousal support, or alimony, orders, as well as for determining parentage when more than one state is involved in such proceedings. See General Statutes §§ 46b-212 to 46b-213w. The parties agree that because the subject alimony order
was issued in Connecticut, Connecticut has continuing exclusive subject matterjurisdiction to modify the alimony orderpursuant to General Statutes § 46b-212h (f) (1).2 Their dispute arises fromtheir differing interpretations of other provisions of UIFSA, as adopted in Connecticut, as they bear on the court’s personal jurisdiction over the parties, more specifically, the plaintiff, Mildred Hornblower.
The defendant, John Hornblower, appeals from the judgment ofthe trial court dismissing his postjudgment motion to modify alimony3 onthe ground thatthe court lacked personaljurisdiction over the plaintiffbecause, although the parties were divorced in Connecticut, she
no longerresided inthis state. We reverse thejudgment of the trial court.
Theparties were divorcedin Connecticut on September 16, 2005. Pursuant to the judgment of dissolution, the defendantwasordered, interalia, topaytheplaintiff alimony in an amount that was modifiable as to the amount. In 2009, the defendant filed an initial motion to modify his alimony obligation in Connecticut. That motion was resolved by a stipulation between the parties that was made an order of the court in March, 2010. Both parties thereafter moved out of the state of Connecticut, the plaintiffto Georgia and the defendant to Colorado. No additional actioninthis casewastaken by either party until October 22, 2012, when the defendant filed the motion to modify alimony that ultimately gave rise to this appeal.4 The plaintiff filed a motion to dismissthe defendant’smotionto modifyonthe ground that the court lacked personal jurisdiction over her pursuant to General Statutes §§ 46b-46 and 46b-212d (a). The trial courtagreedthatthose statutes controlled its decision andthat neither ofthose statutes permitted the court to exercise personal jurisdiction over the plaintiff. The trial court thus dismissed the defendant’s motion to modify and this appeal followed.
On appeal, the defendant claims that the trial court improperly relied on §§ 46b-46 and 46b-212d (a) in determining that it lacked personal jurisdiction over the plaintiff because neither statute applies to a postjudgment motion to modify financial orders. We agree. Section 46b-46 (a) permits the exercise ofjurisdictionover a nonresident ‘‘[o]n a complaint for dissolution, annulment, legal separation or custody

. . . .’’ Section 46b-212d (a) provides forthe exercise ofpersonaljurisdiction over anonresident ‘‘in aproceeding to establish
or enforce a support order or to determine paternity

. . . .’’ Because those statutes explicitly prescribe the circumstances to which they pertain, and a motion to modify an existing alimony order is not one of those situations, neither pertains to the issue at hand. The defendant claims, rather, that because the Superior Court of this state has already exercised jurisdiction
over the parties in entering a judgment of dissolution of the parties’ marriage and issuing the accompanying financial orders, including the order here at issue, the court’s exercise of personal jurisdiction is controlled by § 46b-212d (c).
A challenge to the trial court’s personal jurisdiction
over aparty is aquestion oflaw, overwhich our review isplenary.MyrtleMewsAssn., Inc

. v.Bordes, 125 Conn. App. 12, 15, 6 A.3d 163 (2010). Because, moreover, the jurisdictionalchallengeraisedinthisappealispremised upon the interpretation of § 46b-212d (c), our review of the question of law thus presented also is plenary. Fairchild Heights Residents Assn., Inc

. v. Fairchild Heights, Inc., 310 Conn. 797, 808–809, 82 A.3d 602 (2014). ‘‘The process of statutory interpretation involves the determination ofthe meaning ofthe statutorylanguage as appliedto the facts ofthe case, including the question ofwhetherthe language does so apply.

. . . When construing a statute, [o]ur fundamental objective is to ascertain and give effect to the apparent intent of the legislature.

. . . In other words, we seek to determine, in areasoned manner, the meaning ofthe statutory language as applied to the facts of [the] case, including the question ofwhetherthe language actually does apply.

. . . In seeking to determine that meaning, General Statutes § 1-2z directs us first to consider the text of the statute itself and its relationship to other statutes. If, after examining such text and considering such relationship, the meaning ofsuch text is plain and unambiguous and does not yield absurd or unworkable results, extratextual evidence of the meaning of the statute shall not be considered.’’ (Internal quotation marks omitted.) Id.
Section 46b-212d (c) provides: ‘‘Personaljurisdiction acquired by the Family Support Magistrate Division in
aproceedingundersections46b-212 to 46b-213w, inclusive, orotherlawofthis staterelatingtoasupportorder continues as long as the Family Support Magistrate Division has continuing, exclusivejurisdiction to modify its order or continuing jurisdiction to enforce its order as provided by sections 46b-212h and 46b-212i.’’ Although § 46b-212d (c) provides for the retention of personaljurisdiction by the family support magistrate, and not explicitly by the Superior Court, the defendant argues that it must be read to apply as well to theSuperior Court. In support of that position, the defendant argues that § 46b-212d (c) embodies the spirit and intent of § 202 ofUIFSA, and thus permits the court to exercise personaljurisdiction over the parties. Indeed, the historical and statutory notes to § 46b-212d draw a parallel between that statute and §§ 201 and 202 of UIFSA. See Conn. Gen. Stat. Ann. § 46b-212d (West 2009), historical and statutory notes. We thus turn to
an examination of the mandates of UIFSA.
As with continuing exclusive jurisdiction over the subject matter involved in a dispute concerning a spousal support order, the language of UIFSA is clear and unambiguousastopersonaljurisdictionovertheparties involvedinsuchadispute. UnderUIFSA, onlyatribunal of the state that issues a spousal support order may modifythat order. Section 202 ofUIFSAprovides: ‘‘Personal jurisdiction acquired by a tribunal of this State in a proceeding under this [Act] or other law of this State relating to a support order continues as long as
a tribunal of this State has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify its order or continuingjurisdiction to enforce its order as provided by Sections 205, 206, and 211.’’ The commentto § 202 further explains as follows: ‘‘It is a useful legal truism after a tribunal of a state issues a support order binding on the parties, which must be based on personal jurisdiction by virtue of Kulko v. Superior Court, 436 U.S. 84 [98 S. Ct. 1690, 56 L. Ed. 2d 132] (1978) and Vanderbilt v. Vanderbilt, 354 U.S. 416 [77 S. Ct. 1360, 1 L. Ed. 2d 1456] (1957), jurisdiction in personam continues for the duration of the support obligation absent the statutorily specified
reasons to terminate the order. The rule established by UIFSA is that the personal jurisdiction necessary to sustainenforcementormodificationofanorderofchild support or spousal supportpersists as long as the order is in force and effect, even as to arrears.

. . . This is true irrespective of the context in which the support orderarose, e.g., divorce, UIFSAsupportestablishment, parentage establishment, modification ofprior controlling order, etc. Insofar as a child support order is concerned, depending on specific factual circumstances a distinctionismadebetweenretainingcontinuing, exclusivejurisdictionto modifyan orderand having continuing jurisdiction to modify an order.

. . . Authority to modify a spousal support order is permanently reserved to the issuing tribunal

. . . .’’ (Emphasis added.)
This principle is further explicated in the comment to UIFSA § 211, the counterpart to § 46b-212h (f) (1), which explains: ‘‘Under UIFSA

. . . only the tribunal inthe original issuing State maymodifythe orderunder its law.

. . . The prohibition ofmodification ofspousal support by a nonissuing state tribunal under UIFSA is consistent with the principle that a tribunal should applylocallawtosuchcasestoinsureefficienthandling and to minimize choice oflaw problems. Avoiding con-flict of law problems is almost impossible if spousal support orders are subject to modification in a second state.’’ The comment goes onto explainthatthe restriction of modification to the issuing state is based upon the varying views of different states regarding the factorsthatmayormaynotaffectamodificationofspousal support, such as cohabitation or remarriage, or increases or decreases in the incomes of the parties. Because differentstates accordvarious levels ofweight to such factors, the goal of uniformity propounded by UIFSA is best served if the jurisdiction to modify is reserved to the state in which the order initially was issued.
The defendant’s position is further supported by the well established principle that once a court has exercisedpersonaljurisdiction overthe parties in an action, jurisdictionoverthoseparties continuesforsubsequent proceedings that arise out ofthat action. 1 Restatement (Second), Conflict of Laws § 26 (1971). This court has long abided by that principle in stating that ‘‘[u]nder the doctrine of continuing personal jurisdiction, once
a divorcejudgment is granted by a court with personal jurisdiction, neither party can escape jurisdiction in future proceedings that attempt to modify or alter the judgment.’’ Cashman v. Cashman, 41 Conn. App. 382, 390, 676 A.2d 427 (1996). In other words, once a party has availed him or herself of the benefits of bringing a dissolution action in Connecticut, personaljurisdiction
over the parties to that action is retained for the life of the orders rendered therein. Id. Moreover, to construe the statutes in the manner asserted bythe plaintiffwould lead to the absurd result ofallowing a party to escape modification ofa spousal support order simply by moving out of state. See Panganiban v. Panganiban, 54 Conn. App. 634, 641–42, 736 A.2d 190, cert. denied, 251 Conn. 920, 742 A.2d 359 (1999). According to the plaintiff’s reading of the statutes, once aparty moves out ofstate, only the state that issued the order has subject matter jurisdiction
over that order, but that state cannot modify, or even enforce, that order because it will have lost personal jurisdiction over the departing party. In that scenario,
no other state could modify the order, including the domicile state of the nonresident party, because only the issuing state has continuing exclusive jurisdiction,
or subject matterjurisdiction, over that order.5 To conclude that a party can simply move out of state to avoid a modification of a spousal support order would frustrate the intent of UIFSA and its related jurisdictional provisions. That certainly cannot be the meaning of our interstate mandates.
On the basis of the foregoing, we conclude that the trial court erred in granting the plaintiff’s motion to dismissthe defendant’smotionto modifyonthe ground that it lacked personal jurisdiction over the parties.The judgment is reversed and the case is remanded with direction to deny the plaintiff’s motion to dismiss and for further proceedings according to law.
In this opinion the other judges concurred.

* The listing of judges reflects their seniority status on this court as of the date of oral argument.
1 Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 666 (f), states must enact the provisions of UIFSA in order to receive federal funding for the states’ child support enforcement agencies.

2 General Statutes § 46b-212h (f) (1) provides: ‘‘The Family SupportMagistrate Division or Superior Court issuing a spousal support order consistent with the law ofthis state has continuing exclusivejurisdiction to modifythe spousal support order throughout the existence of the support obligation.’’

3 The defendant’s postjudgment motion actually is entitled ‘‘Defendant’s Postjudgment Motion to ModifyAlimony and Support.’’ Because the motion sought only a modification of the defendant’s alimony obligation, which

was the only remaining support obligation ofthe defendant at the time that he filed that motion, we refer to it in this opinion as a motion to modify alimony or spousal support.
4 On that date, the defendant also moved for a modification of the order that he pay for life insurance premiums for so long as he has an alimony and/or child support obligation. It does not appearthat anyaction wastaken

on that motion.

5 General Statutes § 46b-212h (f) (2) provides: ‘‘The Family SupportMagistrate Division and the Superior Court 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.’’ Both Georgiaand Colorado have statutesthatprevent each ofthose states from modifying a spousal support order issued by a court of another state thathas continuingexclusivejurisdiction. Connecticutisthusthe onlyforum in which the alimony order in this case may be modified.