N.D. Cent. Code § 14-12.2-47.4: (704) Initiation by department of health and human services of support proceeding under convention

1.In a support proceeding under the convention, the department of health and human services of this state shall:

a.Transmit and receive applications; and

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, where necessary, determination of parentage of a child;

d.Establishment of a support order if recognition of a foreign support order is refused under subdivision b, d, or i of subsection 2 of section 14-12.2-47.8;

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

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

3.The following support proceedings are available under the convention to an obligor against whom 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; and

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