Cal. Fam. Code § 5700.704

(a) In a support proceeding under this chapter, the Department of Child Support Services shall:
1. (1) transmit and receive applications; and
2. (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. (1) recognition or recognition and enforcement of a foreign support order;
2. (2) enforcement of a support order issued or recognized in this state;
3. (3) establishment of a support order if there is no existing order, including, if necessary, determination of parentage of a child;
4. (4) establishment of a support order if recognition of a foreign support order is refused under Section 5700.708(b)(2), (4), or (9);
5. (5) modification of a support order of a tribunal of this state; and
6. (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. (1) recognition of an order suspending or limiting enforcement of an existing support order of a tribunal of this state;
2. (2) modification of a support order of a tribunal of this state; and
3. (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.