Del. Code Ann. tit. 13, § 6-704
Initiation by Division of Child Support Services of support proceeding under Convention
80 Del. Laws, c. 60, § 7; 80 Del. Laws, c. 234, § 13;
(a) In a support proceeding under this subchapter, the Division of Child Support 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 under § 6-708(b)(2), (4), or (9) of this title;
- (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.