South Carolina Code 63-17-2940. Application to Resident of Foreign Country and Foreign Support Proceeding
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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;
Terms Used In South Carolina Code 63-17-2940
- Child: means a person under the age of eighteen. See South Carolina Code 63-1-40
(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.