{"data":{"id":"us-de/13-del.-c.-6-710","jurisdiction":"us-de","citation":"13 Del. C. § 6-710","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:\n(1) A complete text of the foreign support agreement; and\n(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:\n(1) Recognition and enforcement of the agreement is manifestly incompatible with public policy;\n(2) The agreement was obtained by fraud or falsification;\n(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 this chapter in this State; or\n(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 13. Domestic Relations","CHAPTER 6. Uniform Interstate Family Support Act","Subchapter VII. Support Proceeding Under Convention"],"source_url":"https://delcode.delaware.gov/title13/c006/sc07/index.html#6-710","current_through":"2026-08-10 (85 Del. Laws, c. 421, 424)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T23:02:16Z","sha256":"26170c909543f6a2379932f19658ce47a9e9988bcb8409befbe2068a3ccef952","source_id":"us-de","stale":true,"prev":"us-de/13-del.-c.-6-709","next":"us-de/13-del.-c.-6-711"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}