{"data":{"id":"us-il/750-ilcs-22-704","jurisdiction":"us-il","citation":"750 ILCS 22/704","heading":"Initiation by Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services of support proceeding under Convention.","body":"(a) In a support proceeding under this Article, the Department of Healthcare and Family 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 Section 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":["CHAPTER 750 FAMILIES","Uniform Interstate Family Support Act."],"source_url":"https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=2091\u0026ChapterID=59\u0026ChapAct=FullText\u0026Print=True","current_through":"at least Public Act 104-790","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-15T04:46:44Z","sha256":"4bfa239fd42f49bb46201ea8dd725268e8bfae62bee3bfd5bbf2cee635e683b8","source_id":"us-il","stale":false,"prev":"us-il/750-ilcs-22-703","next":"us-il/750-ilcs-22-705"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}