§ 159.105 Application of Chapter to Resident of Foreign Country and Foreign Support Proceeding

A tribunal of this state shall apply Subchapters B through G and, as applicable, Subchapter H to a support proceeding involving:

a foreign support order;

a foreign tribunal; or

an obligee, obligor, or child residing in a foreign country.

A tribunal of this state that is requested to recognize and enforce a support order on the basis of comity may apply the procedural and substantive provisions of Subchapters B through G.

Subchapter H applies only to a support proceeding under the Convention. In such a proceeding, if a provision of Subchapter H is inconsistent with Subchapters B through G, Subchapter H controls.