{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-209d-1-105","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209D, § 1-105","heading":"Application of this chapter to resident of foreign country and foreign support proceedings","body":"Section 1–105. Application of this chapter to resident of foreign country and foreign support proceeding.\n(a) A tribunal of the commonwealth shall apply Articles 1 to 6, inclusive, and, as applicable, Article 7, to a support proceeding involving:\n(1) a foreign support order;\n(2) a foreign tribunal; or\n(3) an obligee, obligor or child residing in a foreign country.\n(b) A tribunal of the commonwealth 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 to 6, inclusive.\n(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 to 6, inclusive, Article 7 controls.\n{HG4}ARTICLE 2. JURISDICTION","path":["Part II","Title III","Chapter 209D"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartII/TitleIII/Chapter209D/Section1-105","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:24:39Z","sha256":"9267d685f6e608c89a03f3cfd1f4c316afbf1d81a59c73940e893593c74ca6cc","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-209d-1-104","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-209d-2-201"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}