88.1041 Application of act to resident of foreign country and foreign support proceeding.—(1) A tribunal of this state shall apply parts I through VI of this chapter, and, as applicable, part VII of this chapter, to a support proceeding involving:(a) A foreign support order;(b) A foreign tribunal; or(c) An obligee, obligor, or child residing in a foreign country.(2) 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 parts I through VI of this chapter.(3) Part VII of this chapter applies only to a support proceeding under the convention. In such a proceeding, if a provision of part VII of this chapter is inconsistent with parts I through VI of this chapter, part VII of this chapter controls.History.—s. 4, ch. 2011-92.
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