RCW 26.21A.607
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(1)In a support proceeding under this article, the department of social and health services of this state 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 RCW 26.21A.617
(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.
[ 2015 c 214 s 49 .]
Notes:
Effective date — Conflict with federal requirements — Waiver — 2015 c 214: See notes following RCW 26.21A.010 .
Denial of waiver — 2015 c 214: See note following RCW 26.21A.115 .