ARTICLE 7.
SUPPORT PROCEEDING UNDER CONVENTION
§576B-701 Definitions. As used in this article unless the context otherwise requires:
"Application" means a request under the Convention by an obligee or obligor, or on behalf of a child, made through a central authority for assistance from another central authority.
"Central authority" means the entity designated by the United States or a foreign country described in paragraph (4) of the definition of "foreign country" in section 576B-102 to perform the functions specified in the Convention.
"Convention support order" means a support order of a tribunal of a foreign country described in paragraph (4) of the definition of "foreign country" in section 576B-102.
"Direct request" means a petition filed by an individual in a tribunal of this State in a proceeding involving an obligee, obligor, or child residing outside the United States.
"Foreign central authority" means the entity designated by a foreign country described in paragraph (4) of the definition of "foreign country" in section 576B-102 to perform the functions specified in the Convention.
"Foreign support agreement":
"United States central authority" means the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. [L 1997, c 295, pt of §1; am L 2015, c 77, pt of §1]