Family 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.
Source:
Section 5700.704, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=FAM§ionNum=5700.704. (updated Jan. 1, 2016; accessed Dec. 29, 2025).
