Section 5700.704 Of Chapter 7. Support Proceeding Under Convention From California Family Law Code >> Division 9. >> Part 6. >> Chapter 7.
5700.704
. (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.