Pennsylvania § 77A04 Initiation by department of support proceeding under convention

Pennsylvania Statutes

§ 77A04 — Initiation by department of support proceeding under convention

Pennsylvania § 77A04

Title 23DOMESTIC RELATIONS

PartPART VIII

Ch. 77ASUPPORT PROCEEDING UNDER CONVENTION

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23 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 77A04 (2026).

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(a)Duties.--In a support proceeding under this chapter, the department shall do all of the following:

(1)Transmit and receive applications.

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

(b)Obligee support proceedings.--All of 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 section 77A08(b)(2), (4) or (9) (relati

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(a) Duties.--In a support proceeding under this chapter, the department shall do all of the following:

(1) Transmit and receive applications.

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

(b) Obligee support proceedings.--All of 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 section 77A08(b)(2), (4) or (9) (relating to recognition and enforcement of registered convention support order).

(5) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of this State.

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

(c) Obligor support proceedings.--All of 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 this State.

(2) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of this State.

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

(d) Prohibition.--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.