I. A tribunal of this state shall apply Articles 1 through 6 and, as applicable, Article 7, to a support proceeding involving:
- (a) A foreign support order;
- (b) A foreign tribunal; or
- (c) An obligee, obligor, or child residing in a foreign country.
- II. 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.
- III. 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. 2015, 75:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2016.