(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 of this state that is providing services to the petitioner shall:
(1) Take all steps necessary to enable an appropriate tribunal of this state, another state or a foreign country 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 notice in a record 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 communication in a record 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) 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:
(1) To ensure that the order to be registered is the controlling order; or(2) if two 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.(d) 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.(e) A support enforcement agency of this state shall request a tribunal of this state to issue a child support order and an income withholding order that redirects payment of current support, arrears, and interest if requested to do so by a support enforcement agency of another state pursuant to K.S.A. 2020 Supp. 23-36,319, and amendments thereto.(f) 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.
K.S.A. 23-36,307
Amended by L. 2015, ch. 64,§ 22, eff. 7/1/2015.Amended by L. 2010, ch. 11,§ 2, eff. 4/1/2010.L. 1994, ch. 301, § 50; L. 1997, ch. 182, § 41; July 3.
