(a) A tribunal of this State shall apply Articles 1 through 6 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 through 6.
- (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 through 6, Article 7 controls.
(Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)