New Jersey Statutes 2A:4-30.128. Application of act to resident of foreign country and foreign support proceeding
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- State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
5. Application of act to resident of foreign country and foreign support proceeding.
a. A tribunal of this State shall apply Articles 1 through 6 of this act and, as applicable, Article 7 of this act, 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 Articles 1 through 6 of this act.
c. Article 7 applies only to a support proceeding under the Convention. In such a proceeding, if a provision of Article 7 of this act is inconsistent with Articles 1 through 6 of this act, Article 7 of this act controls.
L.2016, c.1, s.5.