2A:4-30.187 Initiation by the State IV-D agency of support proceeding under convention.
64. Initiation by the State IV-D Agency of support proceeding under Convention.
a. In a support proceeding under this article, the State IV-D Agency or its designee 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 paragraph (2), (4), or (9) of subsection b. of section 68 of this act;
(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.
L.2016, c.1, s.64.