Current through 2024 Act No. 225.
Section 63-17-2940 - Application to Resident of Foreign Country and Foreign Support Proceeding(A) A tribunal of this State shall apply Parts I through VI and, as applicable, Part VII, 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 Parts I through VI.(C) Part VII applies only to a support proceeding under the convention. In such a proceeding, if a provision of Part VII is inconsistent with Parts I through VI, Part VII controls.Added by 2015 S.C. Acts, Act No. 33 (SB 500), s 1, eff. 6/1/2015.