Applicability of subtitle.

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    (a)    A tribunal of this State shall apply Parts I through VI of this subtitle and, as applicable, Part VII, to a support proceeding involving:

        (1)    a foreign support order;

        (2)    a foreign tribunal; or

        (3)    an obligee, obligor, or child residing in a foreign country.

    (b)    A tribunal of this State that is requested to recognize and enforce a support order on the basis of comity may apply the procedural and substantive provisions of Parts I through VI of this subtitle.

    (c)    Part VII of this subtitle applies only to a support proceeding under the Convention. In such a proceeding, if a provision of Part VII is inconsistent with Parts I through VI, Part VII controls.


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