{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-46b-401","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 46b-401","heading":"Initiation by IV-D agency of support proceeding under Convention.","body":"(a) In a support proceeding under sections 46b-398 to 46b-410, inclusive, the IV-D agency of this state shall (1) transmit and receive applications; and (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: (1) Recognition or recognition and enforcement of a foreign support order; (2) enforcement of a support order issued or recognized in this state; (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 subdivisions (2), (4) or (9) of subsection (b) of section 46b-405; (5) modification of a support order of a tribunal of this state; and (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: (1) Recognition of an order suspending or limiting enforcement of an existing support order of a tribunal of this state; (2) modification of a support order of a tribunal of this state; and (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 46b. FAMILY LAW","CHAPTER 817. UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT","PART VII. SUPPORT PROCEEDING UNDER CONVENTION"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_817.htm#sec_46b-401","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:16Z","sha256":"96939d0109f71999e34213982e1ac4c7a1831ebc212eba83422296dd811a0ee6","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-46b-400","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-46b-402"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}