CHAPTER 546-B UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT
ARTICLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 546-B:2-a
546-B:2-a Application of Chapter to Resident of Foreign Country and Foreign Support Proceeding. –
I. A tribunal of this state shall apply Articles 1 through 6 and, as applicable, Article 7, 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.
II. 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 through 6.
III. 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 through 6, Article 7 controls.