{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-15-23.1-307","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-23.1-307","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 two (2) 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 two (2) days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, after receipt of in a record communication 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 (2) 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 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 15 Domestic Relations","Chapter 23.1 Uniform Interstate Family Support Act","Article 3 Civil Provisions of General Application"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE15/15-23.1/15-3/15-23.1-307.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:55:39Z","sha256":"e4e43faffd3935f19079009be969548e33ccc027f8dbe4a8b18cba6ee2bf7f74","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-15-23.1-306","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-15-23.1-308"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}