1. (1) In a support proceeding under sections 7-1059 through 7-1071 , Idaho Code, the department of health and welfare shall:

   1. (a) Transmit and receive applications; and
   2. (b) Initiate or facilitate the institution of a proceeding regarding an application in a tribunal of this state.

2. (2) The following support proceedings are available to an obligee under the convention:

   1. (a) Recognition or recognition and enforcement of a foreign support order;
   2. (b) Enforcement of a support order issued or recognized in this state;
   3. (c) Establishment of a support order if there is no existing order, including, if necessary, determination of parentage of a child;
   4. (d) Establishment of a support order if recognition of a foreign support order is refused under section 7-1066(2)(b), (d) or (i), Idaho Code;
   5. (e) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of this state; and
   6. (f) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.

3. (3) The following support proceedings are available under the convention to an obligor against which there is an existing support order:

   1. (a) Recognition of an order suspending or limiting enforcement of an existing support order of a tribunal of this state;
   2. (b) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of this state; and
   3. (c) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.
4. (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.

[7-1062, added 2015, 1st E.S., ch. 1, sec. 50, p. 26.]