{"data":{"id":"us-de/13-del.-c.-6-704","jurisdiction":"us-de","citation":"13 Del. C. § 6-704","heading":"Initiation by Division of Child Support Services of support proceeding under Convention.","body":"(a) In a support proceeding under this subchapter, the Division of Child Support Services 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 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 § 6-708(b)(2), (4), or (9) of this title;\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 13. Domestic Relations","CHAPTER 6. Uniform Interstate Family Support Act","Subchapter VII. Support Proceeding Under Convention"],"source_url":"https://delcode.delaware.gov/title13/c006/sc07/index.html#6-704","current_through":"2026-08-10 (85 Del. Laws, c. 421, 424)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T23:02:16Z","sha256":"b8e90e1bfda29fcde19ebfc1bf44922409a3600047dda78985f302b53f3d83f7","source_id":"us-de","stale":true,"prev":"us-de/13-del.-c.-6-703","next":"us-de/13-del.-c.-6-705"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}