552.2704 Office of child support; duties; available proceedings; security, bond, or deposit as payment guarantee prohibited.Sec. 704. (1) In a support proceeding under this article, the office of child support of this state shall do the following: (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 708(2)(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)

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. History: 2015, Act 255, Eff. Jan. 1, 2016