1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 3 and 4, a tribunal of this State shall recognize and enforce a foreign support agreement registered in this State. 2. An application or direct request for recognition and enforcement of a foreign support agreement must be accompanied by: (a) A complete text of the foreign support agreement; and (b) A record stating that the foreign support agreement is enforceable as an order of support in the issuing country. 3. A tribunal of this State may vacate the registration of a foreign support agreement only if, acting on its own motion, the tribunal finds that recognition and enforcement would be manifestly incompatible with public policy. 4. In a contest of a foreign support agreement, a tribunal of this State may refuse recognition and enforcement of the agreement if it finds: (a) Recognition and enforcement of the agreement is manifestly incompatible with public policy; (b) The agreement was obtained by fraud or falsification; (c) The agreement is incompatible with a support order involving the same parties and having the same purpose in this State, another state or a foreign country if the support order is entitled to recognition and ement is incompatible with a support order involving the same parties and having the same purpose in this State, another state or a foreign country if the support order is entitled to recognition and enforcement under this chapter in this State; or (d) The record submitted under subsection 2 lacks authenticity or integrity. 5. A proceeding for recognition and enforcement of a foreign support agreement must be suspended during the pendency of a challenge to or appeal of the agreement before a tribunal of another state or a foreign country. (Added to NRS by 2009, 123; A 2015, 895)
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