2A:4-30.85 Employment of private counsel.
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2A:4-30.85 Employment of private counsel.
21. An individual may employ private counsel to represent the individual in proceedings authorized by this act. If the tribunal of this State is acting as a responding tribunal and the petitioner or initiating support enforcement agency has not employed private counsel in this State, the State IV-D agency shall provide legal representation in IV-D cases to the petitioner or the initiating support enforcement agency, if any, in all proceedings brought under this act. The State IV-D agency shall not assess fees or other costs on the petitioner or the initiating support enforcement agency, if any, for such representation.
L.1998,c.2,s.21.
2A:4-30.86 AOC designated State information agency; duties.
22. a. The Administrative Office of the Courts is the State information agency under this act.
b. The State information agency shall:
(1) compile and maintain a current list, including addresses, of the tribunals in this State which have jurisdiction under this act and any support enforcement agencies in this State and transmit a copy to the state information agency of every other state;
(2) maintain a register of tribunals and support enforcement agencies received from other states;
(3) forward to the appropriate tribunal in the place in this State in which the individual obligee or the obligor resides, or in which the obligor's property is believed to be located, all documents concerning a proceeding under this act received from the initiating tribunal or the state information agency of the initiating state; and
(4) obtain information concerning the location of the obligor and the obligor's property within this State not exempt from execution, by such means as postal verification and federal or state parent locator services, examination of telephone directories, requests for the obligor's address from employers, and examination of governmental records, including to the extent not prohibited by other law, those relating to real property, vital statistics, law enforcement, taxation, motor vehicles, driver's licenses and social security.
L.1998,c.2,s.22.
2A:4-30.87 Verification of complaint, petition, pleadings; contents.
23. a. A petitioner seeking to establish or modify a support order or to determine parentage in a proceeding under this act shall verify the complaint, petition or comparable pleading. Unless otherwise ordered under section 24 of this act, the complaint, petition or comparable pleading or accompanying documents shall provide, so far as known, the name, residential address, and social security numbers of the obligor and the obligee, and the name, sex, residential address, social security number, and date of birth of each child for whom support is sought. The complaint, petition or comparable pleading shall be accompanied by a certified copy of any support order in effect. The complaint, petition or comparable pleading may include any other information that may assist in locating or identifying the respondent.
b. The complaint, petition or comparable pleading shall specify the relief sought. The complaint, petition or comparable pleading and accompanying documents shall conform substantially with the requirements imposed by the forms mandated by federal law for use in cases filed by a support enforcement agency.
L.1998,c.2,s.23.
21. An individual may employ private counsel to represent the individual in proceedings authorized by this act. If the tribunal of this State is acting as a responding tribunal and the petitioner or initiating support enforcement agency has not employed private counsel in this State, the State IV-D agency shall provide legal representation in IV-D cases to the petitioner or the initiating support enforcement agency, if any, in all proceedings brought under this act. The State IV-D agency shall not assess fees or other costs on the petitioner or the initiating support enforcement agency, if any, for such representation.
L.1998,c.2,s.21.
2A:4-30.86 AOC designated State information agency; duties.
22. a. The Administrative Office of the Courts is the State information agency under this act.
b. The State information agency shall:
(1) compile and maintain a current list, including addresses, of the tribunals in this State which have jurisdiction under this act and any support enforcement agencies in this State and transmit a copy to the state information agency of every other state;
(2) maintain a register of tribunals and support enforcement agencies received from other states;
(3) forward to the appropriate tribunal in the place in this State in which the individual obligee or the obligor resides, or in which the obligor's property is believed to be located, all documents concerning a proceeding under this act received from the initiating tribunal or the state information agency of the initiating state; and
(4) obtain information concerning the location of the obligor and the obligor's property within this State not exempt from execution, by such means as postal verification and federal or state parent locator services, examination of telephone directories, requests for the obligor's address from employers, and examination of governmental records, including to the extent not prohibited by other law, those relating to real property, vital statistics, law enforcement, taxation, motor vehicles, driver's licenses and social security.
L.1998,c.2,s.22.
2A:4-30.87 Verification of complaint, petition, pleadings; contents.
23. a. A petitioner seeking to establish or modify a support order or to determine parentage in a proceeding under this act shall verify the complaint, petition or comparable pleading. Unless otherwise ordered under section 24 of this act, the complaint, petition or comparable pleading or accompanying documents shall provide, so far as known, the name, residential address, and social security numbers of the obligor and the obligee, and the name, sex, residential address, social security number, and date of birth of each child for whom support is sought. The complaint, petition or comparable pleading shall be accompanied by a certified copy of any support order in effect. The complaint, petition or comparable pleading may include any other information that may assist in locating or identifying the respondent.
b. The complaint, petition or comparable pleading shall specify the relief sought. The complaint, petition or comparable pleading and accompanying documents shall conform substantially with the requirements imposed by the forms mandated by federal law for use in cases filed by a support enforcement agency.
L.1998,c.2,s.23.