1. In a support proceeding under this article, child support services of this state shall:

 a. Transmit and receive applications.
 b. Initiate or facilitate the institution of a proceeding regarding an application in a tribunal of this state.

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Terms Used In Iowa Code 252K.704

  • Child: includes but shall not be limited to a stepchild, foster child, or legally adopted child and means a child actually or apparently under eighteen years of age, and a dependent person eighteen years of age or over who is unable to maintain the person's self and is likely to become a public charge. See Iowa Code 252A.2
  • following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Institution: means a birthing hospital. See Iowa Code 252A.2
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
 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 section 252K.708, subsection 2, paragraph “b”, “d”, or “i”.
 e. Modification of a support order of a tribunal of this state.
 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 which 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.
 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.