ARTICLE 7.

SUPPORT PROCEEDING UNDER CONVENTION

Note

  Article heading amended by L 2015, c 77, pt of §1.

     §576B-701  Definitions.  As used in this article unless the context otherwise requires:

     "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.

     "Central authority" means the entity designated by the United States or a foreign country described in paragraph (4) of the definition of "foreign country" in section 576B-102 to perform the functions specified in the Convention.

     "Convention support order" means a support order of a tribunal of a foreign country described in paragraph (4) of the definition of "foreign country" in section 576B-102.

     "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.

     "Foreign central authority" means the entity designated by a foreign country described in paragraph (4) of the definition of "foreign country" in section 576B-102 to perform the functions specified in the Convention.

     "Foreign support agreement":

     (1)  Means an agreement for support in a record that:

          (A)  Is enforceable as a support order in the country of origin;

          (B)  Has been:

              (i)  Formally drawn up or registered as an authentic instrument by a foreign tribunal; or

             (ii)  Authenticated by, or concluded, registered, or filed with a foreign tribunal; and

          (C)  May be reviewed and modified by a foreign tribunal; and

     (2)  Includes a maintenance arrangement or authentic instrument under the Convention.

     "United States central authority" means the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. [L 1997, c 295, pt of §1; am L 2015, c 77, pt of §1]