N.Y. Family Court Act § 580-305: Duties and powers of responding tribunal

§ 580-305. Duties and powers of responding tribunal. (a) When a

responding tribunal of this state receives a petition or comparable

pleading from an initiating tribunal or directly pursuant to subdivision

(b) of section 580-301 of this part, it shall cause the petition or

pleading to be filed and notify the petitioner where and when it was

filed.

(b) A responding tribunal of this state, to the extent not prohibited

by other law, may do one or more of the following:

(1) establish or enforce a support order, modify a child support

order, determine the controlling child support order or determine

parentage of a child;

(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, electronic-mail address, telephone number,

employer, address of employment and telephone number at the place of

employment;

(9) issue a warrant for an obligor who has failed after proper notice

to appear at a hearing ordered by the tribunal and enter the 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 article, 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 article upon compliance by a party

with provisions for visitation.

(e) If a responding tribunal of this state issues an order under this

article, the tribunal shall send a copy of the order to the petitioner

and the respondent and to the initiating tribunal, if any.

(f) If requested to enforce a support order, arrears, or judgment or

modify a support order stated in a foreign currency, a responding

tribunal of this state shall convert the amount stated in the foreign

currency to the equivalent amount in dollars under the applicable

official or market exchange rate as publicly reported.