{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-46-351.05","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 46-351.05","heading":"Application of chapter to resident of foreign country and foreign support proceeding.","body":"(a)\nA tribunal of the District shall apply subchapters I through VI of this chapter [§§ 46-351.01  through § 46-356.16] and, as applicable, subchapter VII of this chapter [§ 46-357.01 et seq.], to a support proceeding involving:\n(1)\nA foreign support order;\n(2)\nA foreign tribunal; or\n(3)\nAn obligee, obligor, or child residing in a foreign country.\n\n(b)\nA tribunal of the District that is requested to recognize and enforce a support order on the basis of comity may apply the procedural and substantive provisions of subchapters I through VI of this chapter [§§ 46-351.01  through § 46-356.16].\n\n(c)\nSubchapter VII of this chapter [§ 46-357.01 et seq.] applies only to a support proceeding under the Convention. In such a proceeding, if a provision of subchapter VII of this chapter [§ 46-357.01 et seq.] is inconsistent with subchapters I through VI of this chapter [§§ 46-351.01  through § 46-356.16], subchapter VII [§ 46-357.01 et seq.] controls.","path":["Title 46. Domestic Relations.","Chapter 3A. Uniform Interstate Family Support.","Subchapter I. General Provisions."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/46-351.05","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"d95987d9eea0ccc98f617fc5ef927e7261f5473ec72a67440a14f2c232ab6bdd","source_id":"us-dc","stale":true,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-46-351.04","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-46-352.01"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}