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750 ILCS 22/710

    (750 ILCS 22/710)
    Sec. 710. Foreign support agreement.
    (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (c) and (d), a tribunal of this State shall recognize and enforce a foreign support agreement registered in this State.
    (b) An application or direct request for recognition and enforcement of a foreign support agreement must be accompanied by:
        (1) a complete text of the foreign support agreement;
    
and
        (2) a record stating that the foreign support
    
agreement is enforceable as an order of support in the issuing country.
    (c) 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.
    (d) In a contest of a foreign support agreement, a tribunal of this State may refuse recognition and enforcement of the agreement if it finds:
        (1) recognition and enforcement of the agreement is
    
manifestly incompatible with public policy;
        (2) the agreement was obtained by fraud or
    
falsification;
        (3) 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 Act in this State; or
        (4) the record submitted under subsection (b) lacks
    
authenticity or integrity.
    (e) 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.
(Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)