{"data":{"id":"us-al/ala.-code-30-3d-704","jurisdiction":"us-al","citation":"Ala. Code § 30-3D-704","heading":"Initiation by the Department of Human Resources of Support Proceeding Under Convention.","body":"(a) In a support proceeding under this article, the Department of Human Resources 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 no 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 Section 30-3D-708(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 which 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 30 Marital and Domestic Relations.","Chapter 3D Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.","Article 7 Support Proceeding Under Convention."],"source_url":"https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=30-3D-704","current_through":"Act 2026-611","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T14:01:53Z","sha256":"d9e8080549100406bba399d0925eedab1ea5b07f5b50cd14a16014ef8846f87b","source_id":"us-al","stale":false,"prev":"us-al/ala.-code-30-3d-703","next":"us-al/ala.-code-30-3d-705"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}