Section 5700.704.
Cal. Family Code - FAM § 5700.704.
in effect(a)
In a support proceeding under this chapter, the Department of Child Support Services 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 Section 5700.708(b)(2), (4), or (9);
(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.
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