CHAPTER 7. Support Proceeding Under Convention
Chapter 7 added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 493, Sec. 5.
§§ 5700.701–5700.713 · 13 sections
- § 5700.701 In this chapter: (1) “Application” means a request under the Convention by an obligee or obligor, or on behalf of a child, made through a central authority for…
- § 5700.702 This chapter applies only to a support proceeding under the Convention. In such a proceeding, if a provision of this chapter is inconsistent with Chapters 1…
- § 5700.703 The Department of Child Support Services is recognized as the agency designated by the United States central authority to perform specific functions under the…
- § 5700.704 (a) In a support proceeding under this chapter, the Department of Child Support Services shall: (1) transmit and receive applications; and (2) initiate or…
- § 5700.705 (a) A petitioner may file a direct request seeking establishment or modification of a support order or determination of parentage of a child. In the…
- § 5700.706 (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a party who is an individual or a support enforcement agency seeking recognition of a Convention support…
- § 5700.707 (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, Sections 5700.605 through 5700.608 apply to a contest of a registered Convention support order. (b) A party…
- § 5700.708 (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), a tribunal of this state shall recognize and enforce a registered Convention support order. (b) The…
- § 5700.709 If a tribunal of this state does not recognize and enforce a Convention support order in its entirety, it shall enforce any severable part of the order. An…
- § 5700.710 (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (c) and (d), a tribunal of this state shall recognize and enforce a foreign support agreement registered in…
- § 5700.711 (a) A tribunal of this state may not modify a Convention child-support order if the obligee remains a resident of the foreign country where the support order…
- § 5700.712 Personal information gathered or transmitted under this chapter may be used only for the purposes for which it was gathered or transmitted.
- § 5700.713 A record filed with a tribunal of this state under this chapter must be in the original language and, if not in English, must be accompanied by an English…