252K.105 Application of chapter to resident of foreign country and foreign support proceeding.
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1. A tribunal of this state shall apply articles 1 through 6 and, as applicable, article 7, to a support proceeding involving any of the following:
a. A foreign support order.
b. A foreign tribunal.
c. An obligee, obligor, or child residing in a foreign country.
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 articles 1 through 6.
3. 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.