42-748.10. Foreign support agreement.

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(a)Except as otherwise provided in subsections

(c)and

(d)of this section, 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 must 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 the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act in this state; or

(4)the record submitted under subsection

(b)of this section lacks authenticity or integrity.

(e)A proceeding for recognition and enforcement of a foreign support agreement must be suspended during the pendency of a challenge to or appeal of the agreement before a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.