Application of subchapter to resident and foreign country and foreign support proceeding

16 V.I.C. § 394 — under Support of Relations.

16 V.I.C. § 394

(a) A tribunal of the Virgin Islands shall apply Articles A through F and, as applicable, Article G, 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.

(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 the Virgin Islands that is requested to recognize and enforce a support order on the basis of comity may apply the procedural and substantive provisions of Articles A through F.

(c) Omitted.

(d) Article G applies only to a support proceeding under the Convention. In such a proceeding, if a provision of Article G is inconsistent with Articles A through F, Article G controls.