Alabama Administrative Code
Title 660 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES
Chapter 660-3-10 - ALABAMA UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT
Section 660-3-10-.03 - Duties Of Support Enforcement Agency

Universal Citation: AL Admin Code R 660-3-10-.03

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 02, November 27, 2024

(1) The Department of Human Resources is the support enforcement agency in Alabama.

(2) Upon request, the Department will provide the following services to a petitioner in a UIFSA proceeding:

(a) take all steps necessary to enable an appropriate tribunal of this state, another state, or a foreign country to obtain jurisdiction over the respondent;

(b) request an appropriate tribunal to set a date, time, and place for a hearing;

(c) make a reasonable effort to obtain all relevant information, including information as to income and property of the parties;

(d) Within seven 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;

(e) Within seven 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

(f) Notify the petitioner if jurisdiction over the respondent cannot be obtained.

(3) 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:

(a) To ensure that the order to be registered is the controlling order; or

(b) 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.

(4) 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.

(5) A support enforcement agency of this state shall 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 Code of Ala. 1975, as amended, Section 30-3D-319.

(6) UIFSA 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.

Author: Clifford Smith

Statutory Authority: P.L. 104-193, §§321-325; Code of Ala. 1975, as amended, §§ 38-10-1 through 38-10-12, 30-3D-101 through 30-3D-902.

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