Section 209D:7-704 - Initiation by Department of Revenue of support proceeding under Convention(a) In a support proceeding under this article, the department of revenue of the commonwealth shall:(1) transmit and receive applications; and(2) initiate or facilitate the institution of a proceeding regarding an application in a tribunal of the commonwealth.(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 the commonwealth;(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 section 7-708(b)(2), (4) or (9);(5) modification of a support order of a tribunal of the commonwealth; 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 the commonwealth;(2) modification of a support order of a tribunal of the commonwealth; and(3) modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.(d) A tribunal of the commonwealth may not require security, bond or deposit, however described, to guarantee the payment of costs and expenses in proceedings under the Convention.Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209D, § 7-704
Added by Acts 2016, c. 53,§ 1, eff. 3/31/2016.