S.C. Code § 63-17-2940

Current through 2024 Act No. 209.
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.

S.C. Code § 63-17-2940

Added by 2015 S.C. Acts, Act No. 33 (SB 500), s 1, eff. 6/1/2015.