Iowa Code § 252K.704
Initiation by child support services of support proceeding under convention
Iowa · Iowa Code Chapter 252K — Uniform Interstate Family Support Act · Status: effective
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1. In a support proceeding under this article, child support services of this state shall:
a. Transmit and receive applications.
b. Initiate or facilitate the institution of a proceeding regarding an application in a tribunal of this state.
2. The following support proceedings are available to an obligee under the convention:
a. Recognition or recognition and enforcement of a foreign support order.
b. Enforcement of a support order issued or recognized in this state.
c. Establishment of a support order if there is no existing order, including, if necessary, determination of parentage of a child.
d. Establishment of a support order if recognition of a foreign support order is refused under section 252K.708, subsection 2, paragraph “b”, “d”, or “i”.
e. Modification of a support order of a tribunal of this state.
f. Modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.
3. The following support proceedings are available under the convention to an obligor against which there is an existing support order:
a. Recognition of an order suspending or limiting enforcement of an existing support order of a tribunal of this state.
b. Modification of a support order of a tribunal of this state.
c. Modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.
4. 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.