23-36,704.

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23-36,704. Initiation by department for children and families of support proceeding under convention.

(a)In a support proceeding under this part, the department for children and families 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 K.S.A. 23-36,708 (b)(2),

(4)or (9), and amendments thereto;

(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.