§576B-704 Initiation by support enforcement agency of support proceeding under Convention.

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(a)In a support proceeding under this article, the support enforcement agency of this State 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 576B‑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. [L 2015, c 77, pt of §1]