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Ark. Code Ann. § 9-17-704

Initiation by Office of Child Support Enforcement of support proceeding under Convention

Known as the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act

The act spans §§ 9-17-101 to 9-17-903 (78 sections).

Acts 2015, No. 888, § 1.

(1) In a support proceeding under this article, the Office of Child Support Enforcement of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration of this state shall: transmit and receive applications; and

(2) initiate or facilitate the institution of a proceeding regarding an application in a tribunal of this state.

(3) The following support proceedings are available to an obligee under the Convention: recognition or recognition and enforcement of a foreign support order;

(4) enforcement of a support order issued or recognized in this state;

(5) establishment of a support order if there is no existing order, including, if necessary, determination of parentage of a child;

(6) establishment of a support order if recognition of a foreign support order is refused under § 9-17-708(b)(2), (4), or (9);

(7) modification of a support order of a tribunal of this state; and

(8) modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.

(9) The following support proceedings are available under the Convention to an obligor against which there is an existing support order: recognition of an order suspending or limiting enforcement of an existing support order of a tribunal of this state;

(10) modification of a support order of a tribunal of this state; and

(11) modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.

(12) 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.

Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.