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§ 7105. Application of part to resident of foreign country and foreign support proceeding

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 23 Pa.C.S.A. Domestic RelationsEffective: December 28, 2015

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 23 Pa.C.S.A. Domestic Relations (Refs & Annos)
Part VIII. Uniform Interstate Family Support (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 71. General Provisions (Refs & Annos)
Effective: December 28, 2015
23 Pa.C.S.A. § 7105
§ 7105. Application of part to resident of foreign country and foreign support proceeding
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(a) Applicability.--A tribunal of this State shall apply Chapter 71 (relating to general provisions), 72 (relating to jurisdiction), 73 (relating to civil provisions of general application), 74 (relating to establishment of support order or determination of parentage), 75 (relating to enforcement of support order without registration) or 76 (relating to registration, enforcement and modification of support order) and, as applicable, Chapter 77A (relating to support proceeding under convention), to a support proceeding involving any of the following:
(1) A foreign support order.
(2) A foreign tribunal.
(3) An obligee, obligor or child residing in a foreign country.
(b) Discretionary.--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 Chapter 71, 72, 73, 74, 75 or 76.
(c) Limitations.--Chapter 77A applies only to a support proceeding under the convention. In a proceeding, if a provision of Chapter 77A is inconsistent with Chapter 71, 72, 73, 74, 75 or 76, Chapter 77A shall control.

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2015, Dec. 28, P.L. 559, No. 94, § 5, imd. effective.
23 Pa.C.S.A. § 7105, PA ST 23 Pa.C.S.A. § 7105
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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