23 Pa. C.S. § 77A04

Current through 2024 legislation effective May 8, 2024
Section 77A04 - Initiation by department of support proceeding under convention
(a) Duties--In a support proceeding under this chapter, the department shall do all 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

23 Pa.C.S. § 77A04

Added by P.L. TBD 2015 No. 94, § 25, eff. 12/28/2015.