§ 30-3D-105 — Application of Chapter to Resident of Foreign Country and Foreign Support Proceeding

Alabama § 30-3D-105

• Jurisdiction: Alabama
• Title 30: Marital and Domestic Relations
• Ch. 3D: Uniform Interstate Family Support Act
• Art. 1: General Provisions

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(a) A tribunal of this state shall apply Articles 1 through 6 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 through 6.
(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 through 6, Article 7 controls.

Legislative History

(Act 2015-284, §1.)