{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-209d-7-704","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209D, § 7-704","heading":"Initiation by Department of Revenue of support proceeding under Convention","body":"Section 7–704. Initiation by Department of Revenue of support proceeding under Convention.\n(a) In a support proceeding under this article, the department of revenue of the commonwealth 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 the commonwealth.\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 the commonwealth;\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 7–708(b)(2), (4) or (9);\n(5) modification of a support order of a tribunal of the commonwealth; 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 the commonwealth;\n(2) modification of a support order of a tribunal of the commonwealth; and\n(3) modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.\n(d) A tribunal of the commonwealth may not require security, bond or deposit, however described, to guarantee the payment of costs and expenses in proceedings under the Convention.","path":["Part II","Title III","Chapter 209D"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartII/TitleIII/Chapter209D/Section7-704","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:24:40Z","sha256":"62534d79026a7c881c617ae47f50a0ede3f71daa3505334b0ddb994b0337abd5","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-209d-7-703","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-209d-7-705"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}