Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 493, Sec. 5. (SB 646) Effective January 1, 2016.
(a)A tribunal of this state shall apply Chapters 1 through 6 and, as applicable, Chapter 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 Chapters 1 through 6.
(c)Chapter 7 applies only to a support proceeding under the Convention. In such a proceeding, if a provision of Chapter 7 is inconsistent with Chapters 1 through 6, Chapter 7 controls.
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