Iowa Code § 252K.704: Initiation by child support services of support proceeding under convention.

1. In a support proceeding under this article, child support services of this state shall:

a. Transmit and receive applications.

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, if necessary, determination of parentage of a child.

d. Establishment of a support order if recognition of a foreign support order is refused under section 252K.708, subsection 2, paragraph “b”, “d”, or “i”.

e. Modification of a support order of a tribunal of this state.

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

3. The following support proceedings are available under the convention to an obligor against which 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.

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

4. 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.