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Section 769.31 – Duties of state information agency

May 14, 2021 | Family Law, Wisconsin

(1) The department of children and families is the state information agency under this chapter.
(2) The state information agency shall do all of the following:

(a) Compile and maintain a current list, including addresses, of the tribunals in this state that have jurisdiction under this chapter and any support enforcement agencies in this state and transmit a copy to the state information agency of every other state.
(b) Maintain a register of names and addresses of tribunals and support enforcement agencies received from other states.
(c) Forward to the appropriate tribunal in the county in this state in which the obligee who is an individual or the obligor resides, or in which the obligor’s property is believed to be located, all documents concerning a proceeding under this chapter received from another state or a foreign country.
(d) 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 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.

Wis. Stat. ยง 769.31

1993 a. 326; 1995 a. 27 s. 9126 (19); 1995 a. 404; 1997 a. 3; 2007 a. 20; 2009 a. 321.

Par. (b) is amended by 2009 Wis. Act 321 effective the date stated in the notice published in the Wisconsin Administrative Register under s. 769.904 to read:

(b) Maintain a register of names and addresses of tribunals and support enforcement agencies received from other states.

Par. (c) is amended by 2009 Wis. Act 321 effective the date stated in the notice published in the Wisconsin Administrative Register under s. 769.904 to read:

(c) Forward to the appropriate tribunal in the county in this state in which the obligee who is an individual or the obligor resides, or in which the obligor’s property is believed to be located, all documents concerning a proceeding under this chapter received from another state or a foreign country.