Tennessee § 36-5-2710 - Foreign support agreement.

§ 36-5-2710. Foreign support agreement.

Except as otherwise provided in subsections (c) and (d), a tribunal of this state shall recognize and enforce a foreign support agreement registered in this state. An application or direct request for recognition and enforcement of a foreign support agreement must be accompanied by: A complete text of the foreign support agreement; and A record stating that the foreign support agreement is enforceable as an order of support in the issuing country. 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. In a contest of a foreign support agreement, a tribunal of this state may refuse recognition and enforcement of the agreement if it finds: Recognition and enforcement of the agreement is manifestly incompatible with public policy; The agreement was obtained by fraud or falsification; 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 enforcement under parts 20-29 of this chapter in this state; or The record submitted under subsection (b) lacks authenticity or integrity. 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. Acts 2010, ch. 901, § 1. Compiler's Notes. Part 20, § 36-5-2001 (Acts 1997, ch. 551, § 2), concerning the short title for title 36, ch. 5, parts 20-29, was repealed and reenacted by Acts 2010, ch. 901, § 1, upon completion of the provisions in § 2 of the act. Acts 2010, ch. 901, § 2, as amended by Acts 2016, ch. 664, § 4, provided that: “This act shall take effect when the department of human services files a notice with the secretary of state who shall publish the notice in the Tennessee Administrative Register on the secretary of state's web site, citing the effective date, which shall occur no later than April 1, 2016, the public welfare requiring it.” The date published by the secretary of state in the Tennessee Administrative Register was March 31, 2016.