2007 supstat att#1 0970-0085

0970-0085 - Attachment 1

42 U.S.C. 666(f) – Social Security Act

(f) UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT.‑In order to satisfy section 454(20)(A), on and after January 1, 1998, each State must have in effect the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, as approved by the American Bar Association on February 9, 1993, and as in effect on August 22, 1996, including any amendments officially adopted as of such date by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws.

Uniform Interstate Family Support Act §311

SECTION 311. PLEADINGS AND ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTS.

(a) A [petitioner] seeking to establish or modify a support order or to determine parentage in a proceeding under this [Act] must verify the [petition]. Unless otherwise ordered under Section 312 (Nondisclosure of Information in Exceptional Circumstances), the [petition] or accompanying documents must 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 [petition] must be accompanied by a certified copy of any support order in effect. The [petition] may include any other information that may assist in locating or identifying the [respondent].

(b) The [petition] must specify the relief sought. The [petition] and accompanying documents must conform substantially with the requirements imposed by the forms mandated by federal law for use in cases filed by a support enforcement agency.

45 CFR 303.7 Provision of services in interstate IV-D cases.

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(b) Initiating State IV-D agency responsibilities. The IV-D agency must:

(1) Use its long arm statute to establish paternity, when appropriate.

(2) Except as provided in paragraph (b)(1) of this section, within 20 calendar days of determining that the noncustodial parent is in another State, and, if appropriate, receipt of any necessary information needed to process the case, refer any interstate IV-D case to the responding State's interstate central registry for action, including requests for location, document verification, administrative reviews in Federal income tax refund offset cases, income withholding, and State income tax refund offset in IV-D cases.

(3) Provide the IV-D agency in the responding State sufficient, accurate information to act on the case by submitting with each case any necessary documentation and Federally-approved interstate forms. The State may use computer-generated replicas in the same format and containing the same information in place of the Federal forms.

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