(a) In a support proceeding under this article, the support enforcement agency of this state shall: (i) Transmit and receive applications; and (ii) 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: (i) Recognition or recognition and enforcement of a foreign support order; (ii) Enforcement of a support order issued or recognized in this state; (iii) Establishment of a support order if there is no existing order, including, if necessary, determination of parentage of a child; (iv) Establishment of a support order if recognition of a foreign support order is refused under W.S. 20-4-208(b)(ii), (iv) or (ix); (v) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of this state; and (vi) 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 order: (i) Recognition of an order suspending or limiting enforcement of an existing support order of a tribunal of this state; (ii) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of this state; and (iii) 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.
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