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.