Iowa Code § 252K.710 - Foreign support agreement

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 3 and 4, a tribunal of this state shall recognize and enforce a foreign support agreement registered in this state. 2. An application or direct request for recognition and enforcement of a foreign support agreement must be accompanied by: a. A complete text of the foreign support agreement. b. A record stating that the foreign support agreement is enforceable as an order of support in the issuing country. 3. 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. 4. In a contest of a foreign support agreement, a tribunal of this state may refuse recognition and enforcement of the agreement if it finds any of the following: a. Recognition and enforcement of the agreement is manifestly incompatible with public policy. b. The agreement was obtained by fraud or falsification. c. 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 chapter in this state. d. The record submitted under subsection 2 lacks authenticity or integrity. 5. A proceeding for recognition and enforcement of a foreign support agreement must be suspended during the pendency of a challenge to or appeal of the agreement before a tribunal of another state or a foreign country. 2015 Acts, ch 110, §66 Referred to in §252K.705