2A:4-30.187 Initiation by the State IV-D agency of support proceeding under convention.

64. Initiation by the State IV-D Agency of support proceeding under Convention.

a. In a support proceeding under this article, the State IV-D Agency or its designee 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 paragraph (2), (4), or (9) of subsection b. of section 68 of this act;

(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.

L.2016, c.1, s.64.