§ 52C-7-704. Initiation by Department of support proceeding under Convention.
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§ 52C-7-704. Initiation by Department of support proceeding under Convention.
(a)In a support proceeding under this Article, the Department shall do the following:
(1)Transmit and receive applications.
(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 G.S. 52C-7-708(b)(2), (4), or (9).
(5)Modification of a support order of a tribunal of this State.
(6)Modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or 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.
(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. (2015-117, s. 1.)