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us-gu · Through P.L. 38-133 (June 4, 2026)

5 GCA § 35105: Application of Act to Resident of Foreign Country and Foreign Support Proceeding.

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. Title 5: Government Operations
  2. Division 3 - Legal and Consumer Affairs
  3. Chapter 35: Uniform Interstate Family Support Act
  4. ARTICLE 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS

(a) A tribunal of this state shall apply Articles 1 through 6 and, as applicable, Article 7, 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.

(c) Article 7 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, Article 7 controls.

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