In AS 25.25.702 - 25.25.714,
(1) “application” means a request under the convention by an obligee or obligor, or on behalf of a child, made through a central authority for assistance from another central authority;
(2) “central authority” means the entity designated by the United States or a foreign country described in AS 25.25.101(5)(D) to perform the functions specified in the convention;
(3) “convention support order” means a support order of a tribunal of a foreign country described in AS 25.25.101(5)(D);
(4) “direct request” means a complaint or comparable pleading filed by an individual in a tribunal of this state in a proceeding involving an obligee, obligor, or child residing outside the United States;
(5) “foreign central authority” means the entity designated by a foreign country described in AS 25.25.101(5)(D) to perform the functions specified in the convention;
(6) “foreign support agreement”
(A) means an agreement for support in a record that
(i) is enforceable as a support order in the country of origin;
(ii) has been formally drawn up or registered as an authentic instrument by a foreign tribunal or authenticated by, or concluded, registered, or filed with, a foreign tribunal; and
(iii) may be reviewed and modified by a foreign tribunal;
(B) includes a maintenance arrangement or authentic instrument under the convention;
(7) “United States central authority” means the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services.