Section 5700.307 Of Chapter 3. Civil Provisions Of General Application From California Family Law Code >> Division 9. >> Part 6. >> Chapter 3.
5700.307
. (a) A support enforcement agency of this state, upon
request, shall provide services to a petitioner in a proceeding under
this part.
(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 14 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 14 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.
(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.
(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.
(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 5700.319.
(f) This part 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.