Initiation by the State IV-D agency of support proceeding under convention.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:4-30.187
in effect64. Initiation by the State IV-D Agency of support proceeding under Convention. a. In a support proceeding under this article, the State IV-D Agency or its designee shall: (1) transmit and receive applications; and (2) initiate or facilitate the institution of a proceeding regarding an application in a tribunal of this State. b. The following support proceedings are available to an obligee under the Convention: (1) recognition or recognition and enforcement of a foreign support order; (2) enforcement of a support order issued or recognized in this State; (3) establishment of a support order if there is no existing order, including, if necessary, determination of parentage of a child; (4) establishment of a support order if recognition of a foreign support order is refused under paragraph (2), (4), or (9) of subsection b. of section 68 of this act; (5) modification of a support order of a tribunal of this State; and (6) modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country. c. The following support proceedings are available under the Convention to an obligor against which there is an existing support order: (1) recognition of an order suspending or limiting enforcement of an existing support order of a tribunal of this State; (2) modification of a support order of a tribunal of this State; and (3) modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country. 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. L.2016, c.1, s.64.
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