Initiation by Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services of support proceeding under Convention.
     (a) In a support proceeding under this Article, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services of this State shall:

Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 750 ILCS 22/704

  • State: when applied to different parts of the United States, may be construed to include the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14

         (1) transmit and receive applications; and
         (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 Section 708(b)(2), (4), or (9);
        (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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