(a)  A tribunal of this state shall apply this chapter to a support proceeding involving:

(1)  A foreign support order;

(2)  A foreign tribunal; or

(3)  An obligee, obligor or a child residing in a foreign country.

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(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 this chapter.

(c)  Article 7 of this chapter applies only to a support proceeding under the convention. In such a proceeding, if a provision of article 7 is inconsistent with articles 1 through 6, the provisions of article 7 controls.

History of Section.
P.L. 2011, ch. 243, § 3; P.L. 2011, ch. 263, § 3.