Section 580-704 - Initiation by state support enforcement agencies of support proceeding under convention(a) In a support proceeding under this part, the support enforcement agencies of this state shall: (1) transmit and receive applications; and(2) initiate or facilitate the institution of a proceeding regarding an application in a tribunal of this state.(b) The following support proceedings are available to an obligee under the Convention: (1) recognition or recognition and enforcement of a foreign support order;(2) enforcement of a support order issued or recognized in this state;(3) establishment of a support order if there is no existing order, including, if necessary, determination of parentage of a child;(4) establishment of a support order if recognition of a foreign support order is refused under paragraph two, four or nine of subdivision (b) of section 580-708 of this part;(5) modification of a support order of a tribunal of this state; and(6) modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.(c) The following support proceedings are available under the Convention to an obligor against which there is an existing support order:(1) recognition of an order suspending or limiting enforcement of an existing support order of a tribunal of this state;(2) modification of a support order of a tribunal of this state; and(3) modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.(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.N.Y. Family Court Law § 580-704
Added by New York Laws 2015, ch. 347,Sec. 2, eff. 1/1/2016.