§576B-710 Foreign support agreement.

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(a)Except as otherwise provided in subsections

(c)and (d), a tribunal of this State shall recognize and enforce a foreign support agreement registered in this State.

(b)An application or direct request for recognition and enforcement of a foreign support agreement shall be accompanied by:

(1)A complete text of the foreign support agreement; and

(2)A record stating that the foreign support agreement is enforceable as an order of support in the issuing country.

(c)A tribunal of this State may vacate the registration of a foreign support agreement only if, acting on its own motion, the tribunal finds that recognition and enforcement would be manifestly incompatible with public policy.

(d)In a contest of a foreign support agreement, a tribunal of this State may refuse recognition and enforcement of the agreement if it finds:

(1)Recognition and enforcement of the agreement is manifestly incompatible with public policy;

(2)The agreement was obtained by fraud or falsification;

(3)The agreement is incompatible with a support order involving the same parties and having the same purpose in this State, another state, or a foreign country if the support order is entitled to recognition and enforcement under this chapter in this State; or

(4)The record submitted under subsection

(b)lacks authenticity or integrity.

(e)A proceeding for recognition and enforcement of a foreign support agreement shall be suspended during the pendency of a challenge to or appeal of the agreement before a tribunal of another state or a foreign country. [L 2015, c 77, pt of §1]