{"data":{"id":"us-sd/sdcl-25-9c-704","jurisdiction":"us-sd","citation":"SDCL § 25-9C-704","heading":"Initiation by department of support proceeding under Convention.","body":"(a) In a support proceeding pursuant to this Article, the Department of Social 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 pursuant to subsection 25-9C-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":["TITLE 25. DOMESTIC RELATIONS","CHAPTER 25-9C. UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT (2008)"],"source_url":"https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/25-9C-704","current_through":"2026-08-31","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:18:56Z","sha256":"01b52b0c8481ce696dbdbbd04930573b4c4a275c8720a98099c803976c9f4fff","source_id":"us-sd","stale":true,"prev":"us-sd/sdcl-25-9c-703","next":"us-sd/sdcl-25-9c-705"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}