Section 209D:7-710 - Foreign support agreement(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (c) and (d), a tribunal of the commonwealth shall recognize and enforce a foreign support agreement registered in the commonwealth.(b) An application or direct request for recognition and enforcement of a foreign support agreement must be accompanied by: (1) a complete text of the foreign support agreement; and(2) a record stating that the foreign support agreement is enforceable as an order of support in the issuing country.(c) A tribunal of the commonwealth may vacate the registration of a foreign support agreement only if, acting on its own motion, the tribunal finds that recognition and enforcement would be manifestly incompatible with public policy.(d) In a contest of a foreign support agreement, a tribunal of the commonwealth may refuse recognition and enforcement of the agreement if it finds: (1) recognition and enforcement of the agreement is manifestly incompatible with public policy;(2) the agreement was obtained by fraud or falsification;(3) the agreement is incompatible with a support order involving the same parties and having the same purpose in the commonwealth, another state or a foreign country if the support order is entitled to recognition and enforcement under this chapter in the commonwealth; or(4) the record submitted under subsection (b) lacks authenticity or integrity.(e) A proceeding for recognition and enforcement of a foreign support agreement must be suspended during the pendency of a challenge to or appeal of the agreement before a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209D, § 7-710
Added by Acts 2016, c. 53,§ 1, eff. 3/31/2016.