(a) Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, a party who is an individual or a support enforcement agency seeking recognition of a Convention support order shall register the order in this State as provided in subchapter VI of this chapter.
(b) Notwithstanding §§ 6-311 and 6-602(a) of this title, a request for registration of a Convention support order must be accompanied by:
(1) A complete text of the support order;
(2) A record stating that the support order is enforceable in the issuing country;
(3) If the respondent did not appear and was not represented in the proceedings in the issuing country, a record attesting, as appropriate, either that the respondent had proper notice of the proceedings and an opportunity to be heard or that the respondent had proper notice of the support order and an opportunity to be heard in a challenge or appeal on fact or law before a tribunal;
(4) A record showing the amount of arrears, if any, and the date the amount was calculated;
(5) A record showing a requirement for automatic adjustment of the amount of support, if any, and the information necessary to make the appropriate calculations; and
(6) If necessary, a record showing the extent to which the applicant received free legal assistance in the issuing country.
(c) A request for registration of a Convention support order may seek recognition and partial enforcement of the order.
(d) A tribunal of this State may vacate the registration of a Convention support order without the filing of a contest under § 6-707 of this title only if, acting on its own motion, the tribunal finds that recognition and enforcement of the order would be manifestly incompatible with public policy.
(e) The tribunal shall promptly notify the parties of the registration or the order vacating the registration of a Convention support order.
Structure Delaware Code
Chapter 6. UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT
Subchapter VII. Support Proceeding Under Convention
§ 6-703. Relationship of Division of Child Support Services to United States central authority.
§ 6-704. Initiation by Division of Child Support Services of support proceeding under Convention.
§ 6-706. Registration of Convention support order.
§ 6-707. Contest of registered Convention support order.
§ 6-708. Recognition and enforcement of registered Convention support order.
§ 6-710. Foreign support agreement.
§ 6-711. Modification of Convention child-support order.