Va. Code § 20-88.86: Initiation by Department of Social Services of support proceeding under convention

A. In a support proceeding under this chapter, the Department of Social Services of the Commonwealth shall:1. Transmit and receive applications; and2. Initiate or facilitate the institution of a proceeding regarding an application in a tribunal of the Commonwealth.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 Commonwealth;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 subdivision B 2, 4, or 9 of § 20-88.90;5. Modification of a support order of a tribunal of the Commonwealth; and6. 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 Commonwealth;2. Modification of a support order of a tribunal of the Commonwealth; and3. Modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.D. A tribunal of the Commonwealth may not require security, bond, or deposit, however described, to guarantee the payment of costs and expenses in proceedings under the Convention.2015, c. 727.