{"data":{"id":"us-ca/fam-5700.704","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"FAM § 5700.704","heading":"","body":"(a) In a support proceeding under this chapter, the Department of Child Support Services 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 5700.708(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":["Family Code - FAM","DIVISION 9. SUPPORT [3500. - 5700.905.]","PART 6. Uniform Interstate Family Support Act [5700.101. - 5700.905.]","CHAPTER 7. Support Proceeding Under Convention [5700.701. - 5700.713.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"66b8d5bf08858e00703f1560d5b3f32e025dde0e4dfa32534f986ef9d0d2257a","source_id":"us-ca","stale":true,"prev":"us-ca/fam-5700.703","next":"us-ca/fam-5700.705"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}