Section 252K.704 - Initiation by child support services of support proceeding under convention1. In a support proceeding under this article, child support services of this state shall: a. Transmit and receive applications.b. Initiate or facilitate the institution of a proceeding regarding an application in a tribunal of this state.2. The following support proceedings are available to an obligee under the convention: a. Recognition or recognition and enforcement of a foreign support order.b. Enforcement of a support order issued or recognized in this state.c. Establishment of a support order if there is no existing order, including, if necessary, determination of parentage of a child.d. Establishment of a support order if recognition of a foreign support order is refused under section 252K.708, subsection 2, paragraph "b", "d", or "i".e. Modification of a support order of a tribunal of this state.f. Modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.3. The following support proceedings are available under the convention to an obligor against which there is an existing support order: a. Recognition of an order suspending or limiting enforcement of an existing support order of a tribunal of this state.b. Modification of a support order of a tribunal of this state.c. Modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.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.2015 Acts, ch 110, §60; 2023 Acts, ch 19, § 977
Amended by 2023 Iowa, ch 19, s 977, eff. 7/1/2023.Added by 2015 Iowa, ch 110,s 60, eff. 7/1/2015.Referred to in §252K.708
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