Application to resident of foreign country and foreign support proceeding.

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25-9C-105. Application to resident of foreign country and foreign support proceeding.

(a) A tribunal of this state shall apply Articles 1 to 6, inclusive, and, as applicable, Article 7, 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 Articles 1 to 6, inclusive.

(c) Article 7 applies only to a support proceeding under the Convention. In such a proceeding, if a provision of Article 7 is inconsistent with Articles 1 to 6, inclusive, Article 7 controls.

Source: SL 2015, ch 148, §105.


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