552.2704 Office of child support; duties; available proceedings; security, bond, or deposit as payment guarantee prohibited.
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552.2704 Office of child support; duties; available proceedings; security, bond, or deposit as payment guarantee prohibited.
Sec. 704.
(1)In a support proceeding under this article, the office of child support of this state shall do the following:
(a)Transmit and receive applications.
(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 section 708(2)(b), (d), or (i).
(e)Modification of a support order of a tribunal of this state.
(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.
(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.
History: 2015, Act 255 , Eff. Jan. 1, 2016