14-12.2-47.5. (705) Direct request

14-12.2-47.5. (705) Direct request 1. A petitioner may file a direct request seeking the establishment or modification of a support order or determination of parentage of a child. In such a proceeding, the law of this state applies. 2. A petitioner may file a direct request seeking the recognition and enforcement of a support order or support agreement. In such a proceeding, the provisions of sections 14-12.2-47.6 through 14-12.2-47.13 apply. 3. In a direct request for recognition and enforcement of a convention support order or foreign support agreement: a. A security, bond, or deposit is not required to guarantee the payment of costs and expenses; and b. The obligee or obligor, who in the issuing country has benefited from free legal assistance, shall be entitled to benefit, at least to the same extent, from any free legal assistance provided for by the law of this state under the same circumstances. 4. An individual filing a direct request is not entitled to assistance from the department of health and human services. 5. Nothing in sections 14-12.2-47.1 through 14-12.2-47.13 prevents the application of laws of this state that provide simplified, more expeditious rules regarding a direct request for recognition and enforcement of a foreign support order or support agreement.