Section 46-351.05 - Application of chapter to resident of foreign country and foreign support proceeding(a) A tribunal of the District shall apply subchapters I through VI of this chapter [§§ 46-351.01 through § 46-356.16 ] and, as applicable, subchapter VII of this chapter [§ 46-357.01 et seq.], 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 the District that is requested to recognize and enforce a support order on the basis of comity may apply the procedural and substantive provisions of subchapters I through VI of this chapter [§§ 46-351.01 through § 46-356.16 ].(c) Subchapter VII of this chapter [§ 46-357.01 et seq.] applies only to a support proceeding under the Convention. In such a proceeding, if a provision of subchapter VII of this chapter [§ 46-357.01 et seq.] is inconsistent with subchapters I through VI of this chapter [§§ 46-351.01 through § 46-356.16 ], subchapter VII [§ 46-357.01 et seq.] controls.Feb. 27, 2016, D.C. Law 21-73, § 105, 63 DCR 222.