1. (A) In a support proceeding under this part, the Department of Social Services of this State 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.

2. (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 63-17-3945(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.

3. (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.
4. (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.

HISTORY: 2015 Act No. 33 (S.500), Section 1, eff June 1, 2015.