25-9C-105. Application to resident of foreign country and foreign support proceeding.
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(a)A tribunal of this state shall apply Articles 1 to 6, inclusive, and, as applicable, Article 7, to a support proceeding involving:
(1)A foreign support order;
(2)A foreign tribunal; or
(3)An obligee, obligor, or child residing in a foreign country.
(b)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 to 6, inclusive.
(c)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 to 6, inclusive, Article 7 controls.