CA Fam Code Section 5700.704

(a)

In a support proceeding under this chapter, the Department of Child Support Services 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 5700.708(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 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.