Sec. 4. (a) In a support proceeding under this chapter, the support enforcement agency of Indiana shall: (1) transmit and receive applications; and (2) initiate or facilitate the institution of a proceeding regarding an application in an Indiana tribunal. (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 Indiana. (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 8(b)(2), 8(b)(4), or (8)(b)(9) of this chapter. (5) Modification of a support order of an Indiana tribunal. (6) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of: (A) another state; or (B) 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 an Indiana tribunal. (2) Modification of a support order of an Indiana tribunal. (3) Modification of a support order of: (A) a tribunal of another state; or (B) a foreign country. (d) An Indiana tribunal may not require security, bond, or deposit, however described, to guarantee the payment of costs and expenses in proceedings under the Convention.
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