In AS 25.25.702 - 25.25.714, (1) “application” means a request under the convention by an obligee or obligor, or on behalf of a child, made through a central authority for assistance from another central authority; (2) “central authority” means the entity designated by the United States or a foreign country described in AS 25.25.101(5)(D) to perform the functions specified in the convention; (3) “convention support order” means a support order of a tribunal of a foreign country described in AS 25.25.101(5)(D); (4) “direct request” means a complaint or comparable pleading filed by an individual in a tribunal of this state in a proceeding involving an obligee, obligor, or child residing outside the United States; (5) “foreign central authority” means the entity designated by a foreign country described in AS 25.25.101(5)(D) to perform the functions specified in the convention; (6) “foreign support agreement” (A) means an agreement for support in a record that (i) is enforceable as a support order in the country of origin; (ii) has been formally drawn up or registered as an authentic instrument by a foreign tribunal or authenticated by, or concluded, registered, or filed with, a foreign tribunal; and (iii) may be reviewed and modified by a foreign tribunal; (B) includes a maintenance arrangement or authentic instrument under the convention; (7) “United States central authority” means the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services.
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