{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-52c-7-704","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 52C-7-704","heading":"Initiation by Department of support proceeding under Convention.","body":"(a)\tIn a support proceeding under this Article, the Department shall do the following:\n(1)\tTransmit and receive applications.\n(2)\tInitiate or facilitate the institution of a proceeding regarding an application in a tribunal of this State.\n(b)\tThe following support proceedings are available to an obligee under the Convention:\n(1)\tRecognition or recognition and enforcement of a foreign support order.\n(2)\tEnforcement of a support order issued or recognized in this State.\n(3)\tEstablishment of a support order if there is no existing order, including, if necessary, determination of parentage of a child.\n(4)\tEstablishment of a support order if recognition of a foreign support order is refused under G.S. 52C-7-708(b)(2), (4), or (9).\n(5)\tModification of a support order of a tribunal of this State.\n(6)\tModification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or foreign country.\n(c)\tThe following support proceedings are available under the Convention to an obligor against which there is an existing support order:\n(1)\tRecognition of an order suspending or limiting enforcement of an existing support order of a tribunal of this State.\n(2)\tModification of a support order of a tribunal of this State.\n(3)\tModification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.\n(d)\tA 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. (2015-117, s. 1.)","path":["Chapter 52C. Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.","Article 7. Support Proceeding Under Convention."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_52C/GS_52C-7-704.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:05:07Z","sha256":"b3cb4fb5c03d6cead8840032f4fde213b13b7846de6d7e019c0dae6671f9b237","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-52c-7-703","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-52c-7-705"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}