DEFINITIONS.

518C.701 DEFINITIONS. In sections 518C.701 to 518C.713: (a) "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. (b) "Central authority" means the entity designated by the United States or a foreign country described in section 518C.101, paragraph (e), clause (4), to perform the functions specified in the convention. (c) "Convention support order" means a support order of a tribunal of a foreign country described in section 518C.101, paragraph (e), clause (4). (d) "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. (e) "Foreign central authority" means the entity designated by a foreign country described in section 518C.101, paragraph (e), clause (4), to perform the functions specified in the convention. (f) "Foreign support agreement": (1) means an agreement for support in a record that: (i) is enforceable as a support order in the country of origin; (ii) has been: (A) formally drawn up or registered as an authentic instrument by a foreign tribunal; or (B) authenticated by, or concluded, registered, or filed with a foreign tribunal; and (iii) may be reviewed and modified by a foreign tribunal; and (2) includes a maintenance arrangement or authentic instrument under the convention. (g) "United States central authority" means the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. History: 1994 c 630 art 7 s 1; 1997 c 203 art 6 s 71; 2014 c 189 s 55,73; 2015 c 71 art 1 s 119