Skip to main content
CourtGPT logoCourtGPT
Directory
Law
For Attorneys
Blog
AppointmentsSign InSign Up
Section 9-17-704 - Initiation by Office of Child Support Enforcement of support proceeding under Convention — Arkansas Law | CourtGPT
  1. Home/
  2. Laws/
  3. Arkansas/
  4. Title 9 - Family Law (§§ 9-2-101 — 9-34-204)/
  5. Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations/
  6. Chapter 17 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act 1 - General Provisions (§§ 9-17-101 — 9-17-105)/
  7. 7 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act 7 - Determination of Parentage (§§ 9-17-701 — 9-17-713)/
  8. Section 9-17-704 - Initiation by Office of Child Support Enforcement of support proceeding under Convention
Arkansas Legal Code
(a) 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:(1) transmit and receive applications; and(2) initiate or facilitate the institution of a proceeding regarding an application in a tribunal of this state.(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 this state;(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 § 9-17-708(b)(2), (4), or (9);(5) modification of a support order of a tribunal of this state; 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

ng 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 this state;(2) modification of a support order of a tribunal of this state; and(3) modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.(d) 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.Added by Act 2015, No. 888,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2015

Section 9-17-704 - Initiation by Office of Child Support Enforcement of support proceeding under Convention

Ask AI about this