Title 20. Domestic Relations
Chapter 5.3. Uniform Interstate Family Support Act
§ 20-88.86. Initiation by Department of Social Services of support proceeding under convention.
A. In a support proceeding under this chapter, the Department of Social Services of the Commonwealth shall:
1. Transmit and receive applications; and
2. Initiate or facilitate the institution of a proceeding regarding an application in a tribunal of the Commonwealth.
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 the Commonwealth;
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 subdivision B 2, 4, or 9 of § 20-88.90;
5. Modification of a support order of a tribunal of the Commonwealth; 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 the Commonwealth;
2. Modification of a support order of a tribunal of the Commonwealth; and
3. Modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.
D. A tribunal of the Commonwealth may not require security, bond, or deposit, however described, to guarantee the payment of costs and expenses in proceedings under the Convention.
2015, c. 727.
