(750 ILCS 22/307)
Sec. 307. Duties of support enforcement agency.
(a) A support enforcement agency of this State, upon request, shall provide services to a petitioner in a proceeding under this Act. This subsection does not affect any ability the support enforcement agency may have to require an application for services, charge fees, or recover costs in accordance with federal or State law and regulations.
(b) A support enforcement agency that is providing services to the petitioner shall:
(1) take all steps necessary to enable an appropriate
tribunal in this State or another state 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 10 days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays,
and legal holidays, after receipt of a written notice in a record from an initiating, responding, or registering tribunal, send a copy of the notice to the petitioner;
(5) within 10 days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays,
and legal holidays, after receipt of a written 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 judgement 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 319 of the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.
(f) This 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.
(Source: P.A. 93-479, eff. 1-1-04, operative 7-1-04.)
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