(750 ILCS 22/701)
    Sec. 701. Definitions. In this Article:
        (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 Section 102(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 Section 102(5)(D).
        (4) "Direct request" means a petition 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 Section 102(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:
                    (I) formally drawn up or registered as
                
an authentic instrument by a foreign tribunal; or
                    (II) authenticated by, or concluded,
                
registered, or filed with a foreign tribunal; and
                (iii) may be reviewed and modified by a
            
foreign tribunal; and
            (B) includes a maintenance arrangement or
        
authentic instrument under the Convention.
        (7) "United States central authority" means the
    
Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services.
(Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)