N.D. Cent. Code § 14-12.2-03.1
14-12.2-03.1. (105) Application of chapter to resident of foreign country and foreign support proceeding
14-12.2-03.1. (105) Application of chapter to resident of foreign country and foreign
support proceeding.
1. A tribunal of this state shall apply sections 14-12.2-01 through 14-12.2-46.4 and, as
applicable, sections 14-12.2-47.1 through 14-12.2-47.13, to a support proceeding
involving:
a. A foreign support order;
b. A foreign tribunal; or
c. An obligee, obligor, or child residing in a foreign country.
2. A tribunal of this state that is requested to recognize and enforce a support order on
the basis of comity may apply the procedural and substantive provisions of sections
14-12.2-01 through 14-12.2-46.4.
3. Sections 14-12.2-47.1 through 14-12.2-47.13 apply only to a support proceeding
subject to the convention. In such a proceeding, if a provision of sections 14-12.2-47.1
through 14-12.2-47.13 is inconsistent with a provision of sections 14-12.2-01 through
14-12.2-46.4, sections 14-12.2-47.1 through 14-12.2-47.13 control.