{"data":{"id":"us-de/13-del.-c.-6-307","jurisdiction":"us-de","citation":"13 Del. C. § 6-307","heading":"Duties of support enforcement agency.","body":"(a) In a proceeding under this chapter, a support enforcement agency of this State, upon request:\n(1) Shall provide services to a petitioner residing in a state;\n(2) Shall provide services to a petitioner requesting services through a central authority of a foreign country as described in § 6-102(5)a. or d. of this title; and\n(3) May provide services to a petitioner who is an individual not residing in a state.\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 5 days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, after receipt of a written notice in a record from an initiating, responding, or registering tribunal, send a copy of the notice to the petitioner;\n(5) Within 5 days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, after receipt of a written 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 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 § 6-319 of this title.\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 13. Domestic Relations","CHAPTER 6. Uniform Interstate Family Support Act","Subchapter III. Civil Provisions of General Application"],"source_url":"https://delcode.delaware.gov/title13/c006/sc03/index.html#6-307","current_through":"2026-08-10 (85 Del. Laws, c. 421, 424)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T23:02:16Z","sha256":"f30fc3bad7d41b653847a05beb1c28851d524a999adfdb591cc7f3a3e0646aa4","source_id":"us-de","stale":true,"prev":"us-de/13-del.-c.-6-306","next":"us-de/13-del.-c.-6-308"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}