SECTION 88.7101. Foreign support agreement.

• (1) Except as 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 issued between 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 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.

History.-s. 68, ch. 2011-92.

History.-s. 68, ch. 2011-92.