252K.307 - DUTIES OF SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
252K.307 DUTIES OF SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
1. A support enforcement agency of this state, upon request,
shall provide services to a movant in a proceeding under this
chapter.
2. A support enforcement agency that is providing services to the
movant as appropriate shall:
a. Take all steps necessary to enable an appropriate tribunal
in this state or another state 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 five days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and
legal holidays, after receipt of a written notice from an initiating,
responding, or registering tribunal, send a copy of the notice to the
movant.
e. Within five days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and
legal holidays, after receipt of a written communication from the
respondent or the respondent's attorney, send a copy of the
communication to the movant.
f. Notify the movant if jurisdiction over the respondent
cannot be obtained.
3. This chapter 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. Section History: Recent Form
97 Acts, ch 175, §140