{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-family-court-act-580-307","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Family Court Act § 580-307","heading":"Duties of support enforcement agency","body":"§ 580-307. Duties of support enforcement agency. (a) A support\nenforcement agency of this state, upon request, shall provide services\nto a petitioner in a proceeding under this article.\n  (b) A support enforcement agency of this state that is providing\nservices to the petitioner shall:\n  (1) take all steps necessary to enable an appropriate tribunal of this\nstate, another state or a foreign country to obtain jurisdiction over\nthe respondent;\n  (2) request an appropriate tribunal to set a date, time and place for\na hearing;\n  (3) make a reasonable effort to obtain all relevant information,\nincluding information as to income and property of the parties;\n  (4) within ten days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays and legal\nholidays, after receipt of notice in a record from an initiating,\nresponding or registering tribunal, send a copy of the notice to the\npetitioner;\n  (5) within ten days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays and legal\nholidays, after receipt of communication in a record from the respondent\nor the respondent's attorney, send a copy of the communication to the\npetitioner; and\n  (6) notify the petitioner if jurisdiction over the respondent cannot\nbe obtained.\n  (c) A support enforcement agency of this state that requests\nregistration of a child support order in this state for enforcement or\nfor modification shall make reasonable efforts:\n  (1) to ensure that the order to be registered is the controlling\norder; or\n  (2) if two or more child support orders exist and the identity of the\ncontrolling order has not been determined, to ensure that a request for\nsuch a determination is made in a tribunal having jurisdiction to do so.\n  (d) A support enforcement agency of this state that requests\nregistration and enforcement of a support order, arrears or judgment\nstated in a foreign currency shall convert the amounts stated in the\nforeign currency into the equivalent amounts in dollars under the\napplicable official or market exchange rate as publicly reported.\n  (e) A support enforcement agency of this state shall issue or request\na tribunal of this state to issue a child support order and an income\nwithholding order that redirect payment of current support, arrears, and\ninterest if requested to do so by a support enforcement agency of\nanother state pursuant to section 580-319 of this part.\n  (f) This article does not create or negate a relationship of attorney\nand client or other fiduciary relationship between a support enforcement\nagency or the attorney for the agency and the individual being assisted\nby the agency.","path":["Family Court Act","Article 5-B. Uniform Interstate Family Support Act","Part 3. Civil Provisions of General Application"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/FCT/580-307","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:44Z","sha256":"b197241767b68a9553d41198a0c9e334be1c2ca079e7e0837e564020b08a83d5","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-family-court-act-580-306","next":"us-ny/n.y.-family-court-act-580-308"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}