Section 46b-305 – Application of act to resident of foreign country and foreign support proceeding

May 15, 2021 | Connecticut, Family Law

(a) A tribunal of this state shall apply sections 46b-301 to 46b-394, inclusive, and, as applicable, sections 46b-398 to 46b-410, inclusive, to a support proceeding involving (1) a foreign support order; (2) a foreign tribunal; or (3) an obligee, obligor or child residing in a foreign country.
(b) 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 sections 46b-301 to 46b-394, inclusive.
(c) Sections 46b-398 to 46b-410, inclusive, apply only to a support proceeding under the Convention. In such a proceeding, if a provision of sections 46b-398 to 46b-410, inclusive, is inconsistent with sections 46b-301 to 46b-394, inclusive, sections 46b-398 to 46b-410, inclusive, control.

Conn. Gen. Stat. ยง 46b-305

( P.A. 15-71, S. 5.)

Added by P.A. 15-0071, S. 5 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2015 Regular Session, eff. 7/1/2015.