Okla. Stat. tit. 43, § 43-601-704
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Duties of Department of Human Services
Official statutory text
A. In a support proceeding under this article, the Oklahoma
Department of Human Services of this state shall:
1. Transmit and receive applications; and
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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 paragraphs 2, 4 or 9 of subsection B
of Section 601-708 of this title;
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.
Department of Human Services of this state shall:
1. Transmit and receive applications; and
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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 paragraphs 2, 4 or 9 of subsection B
of Section 601-708 of this title;
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.
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