{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-46b-333","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 46b-333","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 sections 46b-301 to 46b-425, inclusive.\n(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 five 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 five 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.\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 (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.\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 issue or request a tribunal of this state to issue a child support order and an income-withholding order that redirect payment of current support, arrears and interest if requested to do so by a support enforcement agency of another state pursuant to section 46b-345.\n(f) Sections 46b-301 to 46b-425, inclusive, do 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 46b. FAMILY LAW","CHAPTER 817. UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT","PART III. CIVIL PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_817.htm#sec_46b-333","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:16Z","sha256":"57809a73503fa32605fda9425557177c1dcbd9eefcd1b5de10ea45dcf7bc18e2","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-46b-332","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-46b-334"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}