Family Code - FAM - FAM § 5700.307

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(a) A support enforcement agency of this state, upon request, shall provide services to a petitioner in a proceeding under this part. (b) A support enforcement agency of this state that is providing services to the petitioner shall: (1) take all steps necessary to enable an appro

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(a)
A support enforcement agency of this state, upon request, shall provide services to a petitioner in a proceeding under this part.
(b)
A support enforcement agency of this state that is providing services to the petitioner shall:
(1)
take all steps necessary to enable an appropriate tribunal of this state, another state, or a foreign country to obtain jurisdiction over the respondent;
(2)
request an appropriate tribunal to set a date, time, and place for a hearing;
(3)
make a reasonable effort to obtain all relevant information, including information as to income and property of the parties;
(4)
within 14 days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, after receipt of notice in a record from an initiating, responding, or registering tribunal, send a copy of the notice to the petitioner;
(5)
within 14 days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, after receipt of communication in a record from the respondent or the respondent’s attorney, send a copy of the communication to the petitioner; and
(6)
notify the petitioner if jurisdiction over the respondent cannot be obtained.
(c)
A
support enforcement agency of this state that requests registration of a child-support order in this state for enforcement or for modification shall make reasonable efforts:
(1)
to ensure that the order to be registered is the controlling order; or
(2)
if two or more child-support orders exist and the identity of the controlling order has not been determined, to ensure that a request for such a determination is made in a tribunal having jurisdiction to do so.
(d)
A support enforcement agency of this state that requests registration and enforcement of a support order, arrears, or judgment stated in a foreign currency shall convert the amounts stated in the foreign currency into the equivalent amounts in dollars under
the applicable official or market exchange rate as publicly reported.
(e)
A support enforcement agency of this state shall issue or request a tribunal of this state to issue a child-support order and an income-withholding order that redirect payment of current support, arrears, and interest if requested to do so by a support enforcement agency of another state pursuant to Section 5700.319.
(f)
This part does not create or negate a relationship of attorney and client or other fiduciary relationship between a support enforcement agency or the attorney for the agency and the individual being assisted by the agency.

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  (a) A support enforcement agency of this state, upon request, shall provide services to a petitioner in a proceeding under this part. (b) A support enforcement agency of this state that is providing services to the petitioner shall: (1) take all steps necessary to enable an appropriate tribunal of this state, ano…