2A:4-30.81 Filing of complaint, petition, comparable pleading; notification to petitioner; powers of tribunal.
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2A:4-30.81 Filing of complaint, petition, comparable pleading; notification to petitioner; powers of tribunal.
17. a. When a responding tribunal of this State receives a complaint, petition or comparable pleading from an initiating tribunal or directly pursuant to subsection c. of section 13 of this act, it shall cause the complaint, petition or comparable pleading to be filed and notify the petitioner where and when it was filed.
b. A responding tribunal of this State, to the extent otherwise authorized by law, may do one or more of the following:
(1) issue or enforce a support order, modify a child support order, or render a judgment to determine parentage;
(2) order an obligor to comply with a support order, specifying the amount and the manner of compliance;
(3) order income withholding;
(4) determine the amount of any arrearages, and specify a method of payment;
(5) enforce orders by civil or criminal contempt, or both;
(6) set aside property for satisfaction of the support order;
(7) place liens and order execution on the obligor's property;
(8) order an obligor to keep the tribunal informed of the obligor's current residential address, telephone number, employer, address of employment, and telephone number at the place of employment;
(9) issue a bench warrant for an obligor who has failed after proper notice to appear at a hearing ordered by the tribunal and enter the bench warrant in any local and State computer systems for criminal warrants;
(10) order the obligor to seek appropriate employment by specified methods;
(11) award reasonable attorney's fees and other fees and costs; and
(12) grant any other available remedy.
c. A responding tribunal of this State shall include in a support order issued under this act, or in the documents accompanying the order, the calculations on which the support order is based.
d. A responding tribunal of this State may not condition the payment of a support order issued under this act upon compliance by a party with provisions for visitation.
e. If a responding tribunal of this State issues an order under this act, the tribunal shall send a copy of the order to the petitioner and the respondent and to the initiating tribunal, if any, or may deliver a copy to the parties at the conclusion of a proceeding.
L.1998,c.2,s.17.
2A:4-30.82 Forwarding of documents to appropriate tribunal.
18. If a complaint, petition or comparable pleading is received by an inappropriate tribunal of this State, it shall forward the pleading and accompanying documents to an appropriate tribunal in this State or another state and notify the petitioner and the initiating tribunal, if any, where and when the pleading was sent.
L.1998,c.2,s.18.
2A:4-30.83 Services to petitioner provided by support enforcement agency.
19. a. A support enforcement agency of this State, upon request, shall provide services to a petitioner in a proceeding under this act.
b. A support enforcement agency that is providing services to the petitioner, as appropriate, shall:
(1) take all steps necessary to enable an appropriate tribunal in this State or another state 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 two days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, after receipt of a written notice from an initiating, responding, or registering tribunal, send a copy of the notice to the petitioner;
(5) within two days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, after receipt of a written communication 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. This act 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.
L.1998,c.2,s.19.
17. a. When a responding tribunal of this State receives a complaint, petition or comparable pleading from an initiating tribunal or directly pursuant to subsection c. of section 13 of this act, it shall cause the complaint, petition or comparable pleading to be filed and notify the petitioner where and when it was filed.
b. A responding tribunal of this State, to the extent otherwise authorized by law, may do one or more of the following:
(1) issue or enforce a support order, modify a child support order, or render a judgment to determine parentage;
(2) order an obligor to comply with a support order, specifying the amount and the manner of compliance;
(3) order income withholding;
(4) determine the amount of any arrearages, and specify a method of payment;
(5) enforce orders by civil or criminal contempt, or both;
(6) set aside property for satisfaction of the support order;
(7) place liens and order execution on the obligor's property;
(8) order an obligor to keep the tribunal informed of the obligor's current residential address, telephone number, employer, address of employment, and telephone number at the place of employment;
(9) issue a bench warrant for an obligor who has failed after proper notice to appear at a hearing ordered by the tribunal and enter the bench warrant in any local and State computer systems for criminal warrants;
(10) order the obligor to seek appropriate employment by specified methods;
(11) award reasonable attorney's fees and other fees and costs; and
(12) grant any other available remedy.
c. A responding tribunal of this State shall include in a support order issued under this act, or in the documents accompanying the order, the calculations on which the support order is based.
d. A responding tribunal of this State may not condition the payment of a support order issued under this act upon compliance by a party with provisions for visitation.
e. If a responding tribunal of this State issues an order under this act, the tribunal shall send a copy of the order to the petitioner and the respondent and to the initiating tribunal, if any, or may deliver a copy to the parties at the conclusion of a proceeding.
L.1998,c.2,s.17.
2A:4-30.82 Forwarding of documents to appropriate tribunal.
18. If a complaint, petition or comparable pleading is received by an inappropriate tribunal of this State, it shall forward the pleading and accompanying documents to an appropriate tribunal in this State or another state and notify the petitioner and the initiating tribunal, if any, where and when the pleading was sent.
L.1998,c.2,s.18.
2A:4-30.83 Services to petitioner provided by support enforcement agency.
19. a. A support enforcement agency of this State, upon request, shall provide services to a petitioner in a proceeding under this act.
b. A support enforcement agency that is providing services to the petitioner, as appropriate, shall:
(1) take all steps necessary to enable an appropriate tribunal in this State or another state 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 two days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, after receipt of a written notice from an initiating, responding, or registering tribunal, send a copy of the notice to the petitioner;
(5) within two days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, after receipt of a written communication 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. This act 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.
L.1998,c.2,s.19.