(704) Initiation by department of health and human services of support proceeding under convention
N.D. Cent. Code § 14-12.2-47.4
in effect14-12.2-47.4. (704) Initiation by department of health and human services of support
proceeding under convention.
1. In a support proceeding under the convention, the department of health and human
services of this state 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, where
necessary, determination of parentage of a child;
d. Establishment of a support order if recognition of a foreign support order is
refused under subdivision b, d, or i of subsection 2 of section 14-12.2-47.8;
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 foreign country.
3. The following support proceedings are available under the convention to an obligor
against whom 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 foreign country.
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