Family Code section 5700.105

(a)

A tribunal of this state shall apply Chapters 1 through 6 and, as applicable, Chapter 7, 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 Chapters 1 through 6.

(c)

Chapter 7 applies only to a support proceeding under the Convention. In such a proceeding, if a provision of Chapter 7 is inconsistent with Chapters 1 through 6, Chapter 7 controls.

Source: Section 5700.105, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=FAM§ionNum=5700.­105.­ (updated Jan. 1, 2016; accessed Dec. 29, 2025).

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