1. (1) A tribunal of this state shall apply Part 1, General Provisions, Part 2, Jurisdiction, Part 3, Civil Provisions of General Application, Part 4, Establishment of Support Order or Determination of Parentage, Part 5, Enforcement of Support Order Without Registration, and Part 6, Registration, Enforcement, and Modification of Support Order and, as applicable, Part 7, Support Proceedings Under Convention, to a support proceeding involving:

   1. (a) a foreign support order;
   2. (b) a foreign tribunal; or
   3. (c) an obligee, obligor, or child residing in a foreign country.
2. (2) 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 Part 1, General Provisions, Part 2, Jurisdiction, Part 3, Civil Provisions of General Application, Part 4, Establishment of Support Order or Determination of Parentage, Part 5, Enforcement of Support Order Without Registration, and Part 6, Registration, Enforcement, and Modification of Support Order.

3. (3)

   1. (a) Part 7, Support Proceedings Under Convention, applies only to a support proceeding under the convention.
   2. (b) In a proceeding, if a provision of Part 7, Support Proceedings Under Convention is inconsistent with Part 1, General Provisions, Part 2, Jurisdiction, Part 3, Civil Provisions of General Application, Part 4, Establishment of Support Order or Determination of Parentage, Part 5, Enforcement of Support Order Without Registration, and Part 6, Registration, Enforcement, and Modification of Support Order, Part 7, Support Proceedings Under Convention, controls.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 426, 2025 General Session