(750 ILCS 22/704)
    Sec. 704. 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:
        (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.
(Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)