Delaware Code Title 13 Sec. 6-105 – Application of chapter to resident of foreign country and foreign …
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(a) A tribunal of this State shall apply subchapters I through VI of this chapter and, as applicable, subchapter VII of this chapter, 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.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 13 Sec. 6-105
- Child: means a person who has not reached the age of 18 years. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
- State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
(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 provision of subchapters I through VI of this chapter.
(c) Subchapter VII of this chapter applies only to a support proceeding under the Convention. In such a proceeding, if a provision of subchapter VII of this chapter is inconsistent with subchapters I through VI of this chapter, subchapter VII controls.