{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-46b-407","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 46b-407","heading":"Foreign support agreement.","body":"(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (c) and (d) of this section, a tribunal of this state shall recognize and enforce a foreign support agreement registered in this state.\n(b) An application or direct request for recognition and enforcement of a foreign support agreement must be accompanied by (1) a complete text of the foreign support agreement; and (2) a record stating that the foreign support agreement is enforceable as an order of support in the issuing country.\n(c) A tribunal of this state may vacate the registration of a foreign support agreement only if, acting on its own motion, the tribunal finds that recognition and enforcement would be manifestly incompatible with public policy.\n(d) In a contest of a foreign support agreement, a tribunal of this state may refuse recognition and enforcement of the agreement if it finds (1) recognition and enforcement of the agreement is manifestly incompatible with public policy; (2) the agreement was obtained by fraud or falsification; (3) the agreement is incompatible with a support order involving the same parties and having the same purpose in this state, another state, or a foreign country if the support order is entitled to recognition and enforcement under sections 46b-301 to 46b-425, inclusive, in this state; or (4) the record submitted under subsection (b) of this section lacks authenticity or integrity.\n(e) A proceeding for recognition and enforcement of a foreign support agreement must be suspended during the pendency of a challenge to or appeal of the agreement before a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.","path":["TITLE 46b. FAMILY LAW","CHAPTER 817. UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT","PART VII. SUPPORT PROCEEDING UNDER CONVENTION"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_817.htm#sec_46b-407","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:16Z","sha256":"3359f2eaf284524eeb646e58baf478806825859582ee84ad20a9d056274073a4","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-46b-406","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-46b-408"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}