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SECTION 704. INITIATION BY [GOVE R NME NT AL ENTITY] OF SUPPORT PR OCE E DING UNDE R CONVE NT ION. (a) In a support proceeding under this [article], the [governmental entity] 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 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 708(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 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; and (3) modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign 156
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. Comment This section is designed to enable lawyers and non-lawyers to better understand proceedings under the Convention, which itself is written in terminology unfamiliar to legal proceedings in the United States. Subsection (a) lists the rights and duties of a support enforcement agency. Subsection (b) lists what rights and duties are available to an obligee, whether the proceeding is inbound from a Convention country or outbound to a Convention country. In contrast to the general rule in UIFSA, which attempts to maintain something of parity between the obligor and obligee, subsection (c) curtails the rights and duties available to an obligor under the Convention. This reflects the equal treatment ideal espoused by UIFSA in Articles 1 through 6, and the pro-obligee philosophy of the Convention. In actual practice, the results may not be that different. Recall that until replaced by UIFSA, an informal subtitle given to RURESA by its leading proponents was “The Runaway Pappy Act.” Subsection (d) tracks Convention art. 14 (5). Convention source: art. 6. Specific functions of Central Authorities; art. 10. Available applications; art. 14. Effective access to procedures. Related to Convention: ch. II. Administrative co-operation, arts.4-7; ch. III. Applications through central authorities, arts. 9-17. SECTION 705. DIRECT REQUEST. (a) A [petitioner] may file a direct request seeking establishment or modification of a support order or determination of parentage of a child. In the proceeding, the law of this state applies. (b) A [petitioner] may file a direct request seeking recognition and enforcement of a support order or support agreement. In the proceeding, Sections 706 through 713 apply. (c) In a direct request for recognition and enforcement of a Convention support order or 157
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SUBMITTED BY THE FAMILY LAW SECTION
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EXHIBIT A UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY
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DRAFTING COMMITTEE ON AMENDMENTS TO
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UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT A
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SECTION 606. PROCEDURE TO CONTEST V
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Uniform Interstate Family Support A
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Beginning in June 2003, and continu
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country in an initiating State from
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(19) (24) “Responding tribunal”
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Subsection (3) “Convention,” id
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The vast bulk of child support esta
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order from a nation state that is e
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ARTICLE 2 JURISDICTION SECTION 201.
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Under RURESA, multiple support orde
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For example, a challenge to a reque
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country; (2) the contesting party t
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a child-support order of a tribunal
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SECTION 206. CONTINUING JURISDICTIO
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is an individual shall determine wh
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personal jurisdiction over the obli
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of equal dignity. In allocating pay
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this State state has continuing, ex
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individual petitioner requesting af
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Comment Subsection (a) was designed
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support order is based. (d) A respo
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enforcement agency will also assist
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(f) This [Act] [act] does not creat
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SECTION 309. PRIVATE COUNSEL. An in
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Page 111: SE C T I ON 702. APPLICABILITY. Thi
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