552.2701 Definitions.
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552.2701 Definitions.
Sec. 701.
As used in this article:
(a)"Application" means a request under the Convention by an obligee or obligor, or on behalf of a child, made through a central authority for assistance from another central authority.
(b)"Central authority" means the entity designated by the United States or a foreign country described in section 102(e)(iv) to perform the functions specified in the Convention.
(c)"Convention support order" means a support order of a tribunal of a foreign country described in section 102(e)(iv).
(d)"Direct request" means a petition filed by an individual in a tribunal of this state in a proceeding involving an obligee, obligor, or child residing outside the United States.
(e)"Foreign central authority" means the entity designated by a foreign country described in section 102(e)(iv) to perform the functions specified in the Convention.
(f)"Foreign support agreement" means an agreement for support in a record that is enforceable as a support order in the country of origin, has been formally drawn up or registered as an authentic instrument by a foreign tribunal, has been authenticated by, or concluded, registered, or filed with, a foreign tribunal, and may be reviewed and modified by a foreign tribunal. Foreign support agreement includes a maintenance arrangement or authentic instrument under the Convention.
(g)"United States central authority" means the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services.
History: 2015, Act 255 , Eff. Jan. 1, 2016