1. A. In a support proceeding under this chapter, the Department of Social Services of the Commonwealth 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 the Commonwealth.

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 the Commonwealth;
   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 subdivision B 2, 4, or 9 of § 20-88.90;
   5. 5. Modification of a support order of a tribunal of the Commonwealth; 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 the Commonwealth;
   2. 2. Modification of a support order of a tribunal of the Commonwealth; and
   3. 3. Modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.
4. D. A tribunal of the Commonwealth may not require security, bond, or deposit, however described, to guarantee the payment of costs and expenses in proceedings under the Convention.

2015, c. 727.