(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.