§ 5700.704
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(a)In a support proceeding under this chapter, the Department of Child Support Services shall:
(1)transmit and receive applications; and
(2)initiate or facilitate the institution of a proceeding regarding an application in a tribunal of this state.
(b)The following support proceedings are available to an obligee under the Convention:
(1)recognition or recognition and enforcement of a foreign support order;
(2)enforcement of a support order issued or recognized in this state;
(3)establishment of a support order if there is no existing order, including, if necessary, determination of parentage of a child;
(4)establishment of a support order if recognition of a foreign support order is refused under Section 5700.708(b)(2), (4), or (9);
(5)modification of a support order of a tribunal of this state; and
(6)modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.
(c)The following support proceedings are available under the Convention to an obligor against which there is an existing support order:
(1)recognition of an order suspending or limiting enforcement of an existing support order of a tribunal of this state;
(2)modification of a support order of a tribunal of this state; and
(3)modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.
(d)A tribunal of this state may not require security, bond, or deposit, however described, to guarantee the payment of costs and expenses in proceedings under the Convention.