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Illinois Uniform Interstate Family Support Act - 750 ILCS 22, Section 310

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Duties of the Illinois Department of Public Aid.

(a) The Illinois Department of Public Aid is the state information agency under this Act.

(b) The state information agency shall:

(1) compile and maintain a current list, including addresses, of the tribunals in this State which have jurisdiction under this Act and any support enforcement agencies in this State and transmit a copy to the state information agency of every other state; (2) maintain a register of names and addresses of tribunals and support enforcement agencies received from other states; (3) forward to the appropriate tribunal in the county in this State in which the obligee who is an individual or the obligor resides, or in which the obligor's property is believed to be located, all documents concerning a proceeding under this Act received from an initiating tribunal or the state information agency of the initiating state; and (4) obtain information concerning the location of the obligor and the obligor's property within this State not exempt from execution, by such means as postal verification and federal or state locator services, examination of telephone directories, requests for the obligor's address from employers, and examination of governmental records, including, to the extent not prohibited by other law, those relating to real property, vital statistics, law enforcement, taxation, motor vehicles, driver's licenses, and social security. (c) The Illinois Department of Public Aid may determine that a foreign country or political subdivision has established a reciprocal arrangement for child support with Illinois and take appropriate action for notification of this determination.

(Source: P.A. 93-479, eff. 1-1-04, operative 7-1-04.)

Last modified: April 7, 2006