{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-15-23.1-704","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-23.1-704","heading":"Initiation by the Rhode Island department of human services — Office of child support services.","body":"(a) In a support proceeding under this chapter, the department of human services — office 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 support order if there is no existing order, including, if necessary, determination of parentage of a child;\n(4) Establishment of support order if recognition of a foreign support order is refused under § 15-23.1-708(b)(2), (b)(4), or (b)(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":["Title 15 Domestic Relations","Chapter 23.1 Uniform Interstate Family Support Act","Article 7 Support Proceeding Under Convention"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE15/15-23.1/15-7/15-23.1-704.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:55:40Z","sha256":"ec844d26e836fdaca02123f853a41938698c7c9fbcbd1ae10d6cef0d24433939","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-15-23.1-703","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-15-23.1-705"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}