TITLE 15
Domestic Relations
CHAPTER 15-23.1
Uniform Interstate Family Support Act
PART 15-23.1-615
Registration enforcement and Modification of Foreign Child-Support
Order
ARTICLE 15-23.1-701
Determination of Parentage Support Proceeding Under Convention
SECTION 15-23.1-701
§ 15-23.1-701 Definitions.
In this chapter:
(1) "Application" means a request under the convention by an
obligee or obligor, or on behalf of a child, made through a central authority
for assistance from another central authority.
(2) "Central authority" means the entity designated by the
United States or a foreign country described in subdivision 15-23.1-101(5)(iv)
to perform the functions specified in the convention.
(3) "Convention support order" means a support order of a
tribunal of a foreign country described in subdivision 15-23.1-101(5)(iv).
(4) "Direct request" means a petition filed by an individual
in a tribunal of this state in a proceeding involving an obligee, obligor, or
child residing outside the United States.
(5) "Foreign central authority" means the entity designated
by a foreign country described in subdivision 15-23.1-101(5)(iv) to perform the
functions specified in the convention.
(6) "Foreign support agreement":
(i) An agreement for support in a record that:
(A) Is enforceable as a support order in the country of
origin;
(B) Has been:
(I) Formally drawn up or registered as an authentic
instrument by a foreign tribunal; or
(II) Authenticated by, or concluded, registered, or filed
with a foreign tribunal; and
(C) May be reviewed and modified by a foreign tribunal; and
(ii) Includes a maintenance arrangement or authentic
instrument under the convention.
(7) "United States central authority" means the secretary of
the United States department of health and human services.
History of Section.
(P.L. 1997, ch. 170, § 15; P.L. 2006, ch. 69, § 2; P.L. 2006, ch. 76,
§ 2; P.L. 2011, ch. 243, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 263, §
1.)
