{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-25.25.702","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 25.25.702","heading":"Definitions.","body":"In AS 25.25.702 — 25.25.714,\n(1) “application” means a request under the convention by an obligee or obligor, or on behalf of a child, made through a central authority for assistance from another central authority;\n(2) “central authority” means the entity designated by the United States or a foreign country described in AS 25.25.101(5)(D) to perform the functions specified in the convention;\n(3) “convention support order” means a support order of a tribunal of a foreign country described in AS 25.25.101(5)(D);\n(4) “direct request” means a complaint or comparable pleading filed by an individual in a tribunal of this state in a proceeding involving an obligee, obligor, or child residing outside the United States;\n(5) “foreign central authority” means the entity designated by a foreign country described in AS 25.25.101(5)(D) to perform the functions specified in the convention;\n(6) “foreign support agreement”\n(A) means an agreement for support in a record that\n(i) is enforceable as a support order in the country of origin;\n(ii) has been formally drawn up or registered as an authentic instrument by a foreign tribunal or authenticated by, or concluded, registered, or filed with, a foreign tribunal; and\n(iii) may be reviewed and modified by a foreign tribunal;\n(B) includes a maintenance arrangement or authentic instrument under the convention;\n(7) “United States central authority” means the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services.","path":["Title 25. Marital and Domestic Relations.","Chapter 25. Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.","Article 7. Support Proceedings under Convention."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#25.25.702","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:17:56Z","sha256":"32b5966980b3261e9c5fae557be12467072937bd1c9bcdf41e35316e81e3b181","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-25.25.701","next":"us-ak/as-25.25.703"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}