Alaska Statutes.
Title 25. Marital and Domestic Relations
Chapter 25. Uniform Interstate Family Support Act
Section 705. Initiation by Child Support Services Agency of Support Proceeding Under Convention.
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AS 25.25.705. Initiation by Child Support Services Agency of Support Proceeding Under Convention.

   (a) In a support proceeding under AS 25.25.702 - 25.25.714, the child support services agency 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 not an 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 AS 25.25.709(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 whom 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.

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