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The Child Support Enforcement Division of this state is recognized as the agency designated by the United States central authority to perform specific functions under the Convention.

§ 35704. Initiation by Child Support Enforcement Division of
Support Proceeding Under Convention.

(a) In a support proceeding under this Article, the Child Support
Enforcement Division of this state 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:

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(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 § 35708(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.