{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-25.25.705","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 25.25.705","heading":"Initiation by child support services agency of support proceeding under convention.","body":"(a) In a support proceeding under AS 25.25.702 — 25.25.714, the child support services agency of this state shall\n(1) transmit and receive applications; and\n(2) initiate or facilitate the institution of a proceeding regarding an application in a tribunal of this state.\n(b) The following support proceedings are available to an obligee under the convention:\n(1) recognition or recognition and enforcement of a foreign support order;\n(2) enforcement of a support order issued or recognized in this state;\n(3) establishment of a support order if there is not an existing order, including, if necessary, determination of parentage of a child;\n(4) establishment of a support order if recognition of a foreign support order is refused under AS 25.25.709(b)(2), (4), or (9);\n(5) modification of a support order of a tribunal of this state; and\n(6) modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.\n(c) The following support proceedings are available under the convention to an obligor against whom there is an existing support order:\n(1) recognition of an order suspending or limiting enforcement of an existing support order of a tribunal of this state;\n(2) modification of a support order of a tribunal of this state; and\n(3) modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.\n(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.","path":["Title 25. Marital and Domestic Relations.","Chapter 25. Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.","Article 7. Support Proceedings under Convention."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#25.25.705","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:17:56Z","sha256":"2612e18503f4eeac341245d43ba66ae9654d1e98417a4827edfbabe644a95a32","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-25.25.704","next":"us-ak/as-25.25.706"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}