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Section 63-17-2940. Application to Resident of Foreign Country and Foreign Support Proceeding.

SC Code § 63-17-2940 (2019) (N/A)
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(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.

HISTORY: 2015 Act No. 33 (S.500), Section 1, eff June 1, 2015.

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