Initiation By Department Of Health And Welfare Of Support Proceeding Under Convention

TITLE 7 SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS CHAPTER 10 UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT 7-1062. INITIATION BY department of health and welfare OF SUPPORT PROCEEDING UNDER CONVENTION. (1) In a support proceeding under sections 7-1059 through 7-1071 , Idaho Code, the department of health and welfare shall: (a)  Transmit and receive applications; and (b)  Initiate or facilitate the institution of a proceeding regarding an application in a tribunal of this state. (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 7-1066 (2)(b), (d) or (i), Idaho Code; (e)  Modification of a support order of a tribunal of this state; and (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; and (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.