{"data":{"id":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-518c.704","jurisdiction":"us-mn","citation":"Minn. Stat. § 518C.704","heading":"INITIATION BY DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES OF SUPPORT PROCEEDING UNDER CONVENTION.","body":"(a) In a support proceeding under sections 518C.701 to 518C.713, the Department of Human 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 518C.708, paragraph (b), clause (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":["DOMESTIC RELATIONS","CHAPTER 518C. UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT","DETERMINATION OF PARENTAGE"],"source_url":"https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/518C.704","current_through":"2025 Minnesota Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T22:10:49Z","sha256":"e2e9eef8565551d1e0032d557cd3a2ba67ad6a158b9beb49d5a6add457d360ff","source_id":"us-mn","stale":false,"prev":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-518c.703","next":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-518c.705"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}