§ 46–357.04. Initiation by Office of the Attorney General of support proceeding under Convention.

(a) In a support proceeding under this subchapter, the Office of the Attorney General shall:

(1) Transmit and receive applications; and

(2) Initiate or facilitate the institution of a proceeding regarding an application in a tribunal of the District.

(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 the District;

(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 § 46-357.08(b)(2), (4), or (9);

(5) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of the District; 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 support order of a tribunal of the District;

(2) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of the District; and

(3) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.

(d) A tribunal of the District may not require security, bond, or deposit, however described, to guarantee the payment of costs and expenses in proceedings under the Convention.