§ 1701.

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§ 1701. Definitions

As used in this chapter:

(1)“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.

(2)“Central authority” means the entity designated by the United States or a foreign country to perform the functions specified in the Convention.

(3)“Convention support order” means a support order of a tribunal of a foreign country.

(4)“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.

(5)“Foreign central authority” means the entity designated by a foreign country to perform the functions specified in the Convention.

(6)“Foreign support agreement”:

(A)means an agreement for support in a record that:

(i)is enforceable as a support order in the country of origin;

(ii)has been formally drawn up or registered as an authentic instrument by a foreign tribunal or authenticated by, or concluded, registered, or filed with a foreign tribunal; and

(iii)may be reviewed and modified by a foreign tribunal; and

(B)includes a maintenance arrangement or authentic instrument under the Convention.

(7)“U.S. central authority” means the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (Added 2015, No. 16, § 2, eff. June 1, 2015.)