D.C. Code § 46-357.04: Initiation by Office of the Attorney General of support proceeding under Convention.

(a)

In a support proceeding under this subchapter, the Office of the Attorney General shall:

(1)

Transmit and receive applications; and

(2)

Initiate or facilitate the institution of a proceeding regarding an application in a tribunal of the District.

(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 District;

(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 § 46-357.08(b)(2), (4), or (9);

(5)

Modification of a support order of a tribunal of the District; 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 District;

(2)

Modification of a support order of a tribunal of the District; and

(3)

Modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.

(d)

A tribunal of the District may not require security, bond, or deposit, however described, to guarantee the payment of costs and expenses in proceedings under the Convention.