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“Foreign support agreement”:

1. Means an agreement for support in a record that:

(a) Is enforceable as a support order in the country of origin;

(b) Has been:

(1) Formally drawn up or registered as an authentic instrument by a foreign tribunal; or

(2) Authenticated by, or concluded, registered or filed with, a foreign tribunal; and

(c) May be reviewed and modified by a foreign tribunal.

2. Includes a maintenance arrangement or authentic instrument under the Convention.

(Added to NRS by 2009, 120; A 2015, 895)