Okla. Stat. tit. 43, § 43-601-307
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Duties of support enforcement agency
Official statutory text
A. A support enforcement agency of this state, upon request,
shall provide services to a petitioner in a proceeding under the
Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.
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 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;
5. Within two (2) days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and
legal holidays, after receipt of a 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
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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 601-319 of
this title.
F. The Uniform Interstate Family Support Act 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.
shall provide services to a petitioner in a proceeding under the
Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.
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 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;
5. Within two (2) days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and
legal holidays, after receipt of a 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
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 43. Marriage and Family Page 187
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 601-319 of
this title.
F. The Uniform Interstate Family Support Act 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.
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