25-9C-704. Initiation by department of support proceeding under Convention.
(a) In a support proceeding pursuant to this Article, the Department of Social Services of this state 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 pursuant to subsection 25-9C-708(b)(2), (4), or (9);
(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.
Source: SL 2015, ch 148, §704.