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Delaware · Through 2026-08-10 (85 Del. Laws, c. 421, 424) · Newer source version available

13 Del. C. § 6-704: Initiation by Division of Child Support Services of support proceeding under Convention.

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  1. Title 13. Domestic Relations
  2. CHAPTER 6. Uniform Interstate Family Support Act
  3. Subchapter VII. Support Proceeding Under Convention

(a) In a support proceeding under this subchapter, the Division of Child Support Services of this State 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 § 6-708(b)(2), (4), or (9) of this title;

(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.

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