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407.5307 Duties of support enforcement agency.
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A support enforcement agency of this state, upon request, shall provide services to a
petitioner in a proceeding under this chapter.
A support enforcement agency of this state that is providing services to the
petitioner shall:
(a) Take all steps necessary to enable an appropriate tribunal of this state, another
state, or a foreign country to obtain jurisdiction over the respondent;
(b) Request an appropriate tribunal to set a date, time, and place for a hearing;
(c) Make a reasonable effort to obtain all relevant information, including
information as to income and property of the parties;
(d) Within two (2) days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, after
receipt of notice in a record from initiating, responding, or registering tribunal,
send a copy of the notice to the petitioner;
(e) Within two (2) days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, after
receipt of notice in a record from the respondent or the respondent's attorney,
send a copy of the communication to the petitioner; and
(f) Notify the petitioner if jurisdiction over the respondent cannot be obtained.
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:
(a) To ensure that the order to be registered is the controlling order; or
(b) If two (2) 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.
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.
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 KRS 407.5319.
KRS 407.5101 to 407.5902 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.
Effective: June 24, 2015
History: Amended 2015 Ky. Acts ch. 18, sec. 20, effective June 24, 2015. -- Amended
1998 Ky. Acts ch. 101, sec. 7, effective March 23, 1998.-- Contingent effective date
repealed 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 101, sec. 20, effective March 23, 1998. -- Created 1996
Ky. Acts ch. 365, sec. 31, effective upon contingency.
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