Current through 2024 Regular Session legislation
Section 110.650 - Proceedings available under Convention(1) In a support proceeding under ORS 110.645 to 110.669, the Department of Justice shall: (a) Transmit and receive applications; and(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 ORS 110.660(2)(b), (d) or (i);(e) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of this state; and(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 whom 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; and(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.