Section 63172940. (A) A tribunal of this State shall apply Parts I through VI and, as applicable, Part VII, to a support proceeding involving: (1) a foreign support order; (2) a foreign tribunal; or (3) an obligee, obligor, or child residing in a foreign country. (B) 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 Parts I through VI. (C) Part VII applies only to a support proceeding under the Convention. In such a proceeding, if a provision of Part VII is inconsistent with Parts I through VI, Part VII controls. Part II Jurisdiction Section 63173010. (A) In a proceeding to establish or enforce a support order or to determine parentage of a child, a tribunal of this State may exercise personal jurisdiction over a nonresident individual or the individual’s guardian or conservator if: (1) the individual is personally served with notice and a summons within this State; (2) the individual submits to the jurisdiction of this State by consent, by entering a general appearance, or by filing a responsive document having the effect of waiving any contest to personal jurisdiction; (3) the individual resided with the child in this State; (4) the individual resided in this State and provided prenatal expenses or support for the child; (5) the child resides in this State as a result of the acts or directives of the individual; (6) the individual engaged in sexual intercourse in this State and the child may have been conceived by that act of intercourse; (7) the individual asserted parentage of a child in the putative father registry maintained in this State by the Department of Social Services; or (8) there is any other basis consistent with the constitutions of this State and the United States for the exercise of personal jurisdiction. (B) The bases of personal jurisdiction set forth in subsection (A) or in any other law of this State may not be used to acquire personal
or other electronic means that do not provide an original record may not be excluded from evidence on an objection based on the means of transmission. (F) In a proceeding under this article, a tribunal of this State shall permit a party or witness residing in another state outside this State to be deposed or to testify under penalty of perjury by telephone, audiovisual means, or other electronic means at a designated tribunal or other location in that state. A tribunal of this State shall cooperate with other tribunals of other states in designating an appropriate location for the deposition or testimony. (G) If a party called to testify at a civil hearing refuses to answer on the ground that the testimony may be selfincriminating, the trier of fact may draw an adverse inference from the refusal. (H) A privilege against disclosure of communications between spouses does not apply in a proceeding under this article. (I) The defense of immunity based on the relationship of husband and wife or parent and child does not apply in a proceeding under this article. (J) A voluntary acknowledgment of paternity, certified as a true copy, is admissible to establish parentage of the child. Section 63173370. A tribunal of this State may communicate with a tribunal of another state or foreign country or political subdivision outside this State in a record, or by telephone, electronic mail, or other means, to obtain information concerning the laws, the legal effect of a judgment, decree, or order of that tribunal, and the status of a proceeding in the other state or foreign country or political subdivision. A tribunal of this State may furnish similar information by similar means to a tribunal of another state or foreign country or political subdivision outside this State. Section 63173380. A tribunal of this State may: (1) request a tribunal of another state outside this State to assist in obtaining discovery; and (2) upon request, compel a person over whom which it has jurisdiction to respond to a discovery order issued by a tribunal of another state outside this State. Section 63173390. (A) A support enforcement agency or tribunal of this State shall disburse promptly any amounts received pursuant to a support order, as directed by the order. The agency or tribunal shall furnish to a requesting party or tribunal of another state