§ 546-B:53-c — Initiation by Department of Health and Human Services of Support Proceeding Under Convention

I. In a support proceeding under this article, the department of health and human services of this state shall:
(a) Transmit and receive applications; and
(b) Initiate or facilitate the institution of a proceeding regarding an application in a tribunal of this state.
II. 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 RSA 546-B:53-g, II (b), (d), or (i);
(e) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of this state; and
(f) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.
III. 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; and
(c) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.
IV. 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.

Legislative History

2015, 75:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2016.