{"data":{"id":"us-al/ala.-code-30-3d-307","jurisdiction":"us-al","citation":"Ala. Code § 30-3D-307","heading":"Duties of Support Enforcement Agency.","body":"(a) A support enforcement agency of this state, upon request, shall provide services to a petitioner in a proceeding under this chapter.\n(b) A support enforcement agency of this state that is providing services to the petitioner shall:\n(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;\n(2) request an appropriate tribunal to set a date, time, and place for a hearing;\n(3) make a reasonable effort to obtain all relevant information, including information as to income and property of the parties;\n(4) within seven 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;\n(5) within seven 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\n(6) notify the petitioner if jurisdiction over the respondent cannot be obtained.\n(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:\n(1) to ensure that the order to be registered is the controlling order; or\n(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.\n(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.\n(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 Section 30-3D-319.\n(f) This chapter 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.","path":["Title 30 Marital and Domestic Relations.","Chapter 3D Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.","Article 3 Civil Provisions of General Application."],"source_url":"https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=30-3D-307","current_through":"Act 2026-611","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T14:01:53Z","sha256":"6c1dd229b78cb339f56766d37c902cdcaa26c29b9ac0e26a5a119e6673c76ef8","source_id":"us-al","stale":false,"prev":"us-al/ala.-code-30-3d-306","next":"us-al/ala.-code-30-3d-308"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}