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25-1334 - Initiation by department of economic security of support proceeding under convention
25-1334. Initiation by department of economic security of support proceeding under convention
A. In a support proceeding under this article, the department of economic security shall do both of the following:
1. Transmit and receive applications.
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, a determination of parentage of a child.
4. Establishment of a support order if recognition of a foreign support order is refused under section 25-1338, subsection B, paragraph 2, 4 or 9.
5. Modification of a support order of a tribunal of this state.
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.
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.