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(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (c) and (d), a tribunal of the Virgin Islands shall recognize and enforce a foreign support agreement registered in the Virgin Islands.
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(b) An application or direct request for recognition and enforcement of a foreign support agreement must be accompanied by:
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(1) a complete text of the foreign support agreement; and
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(2) a record stating that the foreign support agreement is enforceable as an order of support in the issuing country.
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(c) A tribunal of the Virgin Islands 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.
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(d) In a contest of a foreign support agreement, a tribunal of the Virgin Islands may refuse recognition and enforcement of the agreement if it finds:
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(1) recognition and enforcement of the agreement is manifestly incompatible with public policy;
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(2) the agreement was obtained by fraud or falsification;
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(3) the agreement is incompatible with a support order involving the same parties and having the same purpose in the Virgin Islands, another state, or a foreign country if the support order is entitled to recognition and enforcement under this subchapter in the Virgin Islands; or
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(4) the record submitted under subsection (b) lacks authenticity or integrity.
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(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.