RCW 26.21A.025

RCW 26.21A.025 Application of chapter to resident of foreign country and foreign support proceeding. (1) A tribunal of this state shall apply Articles 1 through 6 of this chapter and, as applicable, Article 7 of this chapter, to a support proceeding involving: (a) A foreign support order; (b) A foreign tribunal; or (c) An obligee, obligor, or child residing in a foreign country. (2) 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 chapter. (3) Article 7 of this chapter applies only to a support proceeding under the convention. In such a proceeding, if a provision of Article 7 of this chapter is inconsistent with a provision of Articles 1 through 6 of this chapter, Article 7 of this chapter controls. [ 2015 c 214 s 41.]