81-8-105. Application of chapter to residents of foreign countries and foreign support proceedings.

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Effective 9/1/2025

(1)A tribunal of this state shall apply Part 1, General Provisions , Part 2, Jurisdiction , Part 3, Civil Provisions of General Application , Part 4, Establishment of Support Order or Determination of Parentage , Part 5, Enforcement of Support Order Without Registration , and Part 6, Registration, Enforcement, and Modification of Support Order and, as applicable, Part 7, Support Proceedings Under Convention , to a support proceeding involving:

(a)a foreign support order;

(b)a foreign tribunal; or

(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 Part 1, General Provisions , Part 2, Jurisdiction , Part 3, Civil Provisions of General Application , Part 4, Establishment of Support Order or Determination of Parentage , Part 5, Enforcement of Support Order Without Registration , and Part 6, Registration, Enforcement, and Modification of Support Order .

(a)Part 7, Support Proceedings Under Convention , applies only to a support proceeding under the convention.

(b)In a proceeding, if a provision of Part 7, Support Proceedings Under Convention is inconsistent with Part 1, General Provisions , Part 2, Jurisdiction , Part 3, Civil Provisions of General Application , Part 4, Establishment of Support Order or Determination of Parentage , Part 5, Enforcement of Support Order Without Registration , and Part 6, Registration, Enforcement, and Modification of Support Order , Part 7, Support Proceedings Under Convention , controls.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 426 , 2025 General Session