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Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-5-2704

Initiation by department of human services of support proceeding under Convention

Acts 2010, ch. 901, § 1.

(1) In a support proceeding under this part, the department of human services 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 § 36-5-2708(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: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.