81-8-704. Initiation by Department of Health and Human Services of support proceeding under convention.
(1) In a support proceeding under this part, the Utah Department of Health and Human Services shall: transmit and receive applications; and initiate or facilitate the institution of a proceeding regarding an application in a tribunal of this state.
(2) The following support proceedings are available to an obligee under the convention: recognition or recognition and enforcement of a foreign support order; enforcement of a support order issued or recognized in this state; establishment of a support order if there is no existing order, including, if necessary, determination of parentage of a child; establishment of a support order if recognition of a foreign support order is refused under Subsection,, or; 81-8-708(2)(b) (d) (i) modification of a support order of a tribunal of this state; and modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.
(3) The following support proceedings are available under the convention to an obligor against which there is an existing support order: recognition of an order suspending or limiting enforcement of an existing support order of a tribunal of this state; modification of a support order of a tribunal of this state; and modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.
(4) 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.