Application of subchapter to resident and foreign country and foreign support proceeding

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  • (a) A tribunal of the Virgin Islands shall apply Articles A through F and, as applicable, Article G, 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 the Virgin Islands that is requested to recognize and enforce a support order on the basis of comity may apply the procedural and substantive provisions of Articles A through F.

  • (c) Omitted.

  • (d) Article G applies only to a support proceeding under the Convention. In such a proceeding, if a provision of Article G is inconsistent with Articles A through F, Article G controls.


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