407.5704 Initiation by Office of the Attorney General of support proceeding under

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Convention.

(1)In a support proceeding under this Article, the Office of the Attorney General shall:

(a)Transmit and receive applications; and

(b)Initiate or facilitate the institution of a proceeding regarding an application in

a tribunal of this state.

(2)The following support proceedings are available to an obligee under the

Convention:

(a)Recognition or recognition and enforcement of a foreign support order;

(b)Enforcement of a support order issued or recognized in this state;

(c)Establishment of a support order if there is no existing order, including, if

necessary, determination of parentage of a child;

(d)Establishment of a support order if recognition of a foreign support order is

refused under KRS 407.5708(2)(b), (d), or (i);

(e)Modification of a support order of a tribunal of this state; and

(f)Modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign

country.

(3)The following support proceedings are available under the Convention to an obligor

against which there is an existing support order:

(a)Recognition of an order suspending or limiting enforcement of an existing

support order of a tribunal of this state;

(b)Modification of a support order of a tribunal of this state; and

(c)Modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign

country.

(4)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.