Fla. Stat. § 88.7041

**88.7041 Initiation by Department of Revenue of support proceeding under convention.**—(1) In a support proceeding under this part, the Department of Revenue shall: (a) Transmit and receive applications; and (b) Initiate or facilitate the institution of a proceeding regarding an application in a tribunal of this state. (2) The following support proceedings are available to an obligee under the convention: (a) Recognition or recognition and enforcement of a foreign support order. (b) Enforcement of a support order issued or recognized in this state. (c) Establishment of a support order if there is no existing order, including, where necessary, determination of parentage of a child. (d) Establishment of a support order if recognition of a foreign support order is refused under s. 88.7081(2)(b), (d), or (i). (e) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of this state. (f) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country. (3) The following support proceedings are available under the convention to an obligor against whom there is an existing support order: (a) Recognition of an order suspending or limiting enforcement of an existing support order of a tribunal of this state. (b) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of this state. (c) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or foreign country. (4) 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. History.—s. 62, ch. 2011-92.