70.   Foreign support agreement.

   a.   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.
 
   b.   An application or direct request for recognition and enforcement of a foreign support agreement shall be accompanied by:
 
   (1)   a complete text of the foreign support agreement; and
 
   (2)   a record stating that the foreign support agreement is enforceable as an order of support in the issuing country.
 
   c.   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.
 
   d.   In a contest of a foreign support agreement, a tribunal of this State may refuse recognition and enforcement of the agreement if it finds:
 
   (1)   recognition and enforcement of the agreement is manifestly incompatible with public policy;
 
   (2)   the agreement was obtained by fraud or falsification;
 
   (3)   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 this act in this State; or
 
   (4)   the record submitted under subsection b. lacks authenticity or integrity.
 
   e.   A proceeding for recognition and enforcement of a foreign support agreement shall be suspended during the pendency of a challenge to or appeal of the agreement before a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.
 
   L.2016, c.1, s.70.