(a) Designation.--The department is the State information agency under this part.
(b) Duties.--The department shall do all of the following:
(1) Compile and maintain a current list, including addresses, of the tribunals in this State which have jurisdiction under this part 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 tribunals and support enforcement agencies received from other states.
(3) Forward to the appropriate tribunal in the place in this State in which the individual obligee or the obligor resides, or in which the obligor's property is believed to be located, documents concerning a proceeding under this part received from another state or a foreign country.
(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; 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.
(5) (Deleted by amendment).
(6) (Deleted by amendment).
(Dec. 16, 1997, P.L.549, No.58, eff. Jan. 1, 1998; Dec. 28, 2015, P.L.559, No.94, eff. imd.)
1997 Amendment. Act 58 of 1997 was suspended by Pennsylvania Rule of Civil Procedure No. 1910.50(3), as amended May 31, 2000, insofar as it is inconsistent with Rule No. 1910.20 relating to the availability of remedies for collection of past due and overdue support.
Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Chapter 73 - Civil Provisions of General Application
Section 7301 - Proceedings under this part
Section 7302 - Action by minor parent
Section 7303 - Application of law of this State
Section 7304 - Duties of initiating tribunal
Section 7305 - Duties and powers of responding tribunal
Section 7306 - Inappropriate tribunal
Section 7307 - Duties of support enforcement agency
Section 7308 - Supervisory duty
Section 7309 - Private counsel
Section 7310 - Duties of department
Section 7311 - Pleadings and accompanying documents
Section 7312 - Nondisclosure of information in exceptional circumstances
Section 7314 - Limited immunity of petitioner
Section 7315 - Nonparentage as defense
Section 7316 - Special rules of evidence and procedure
Section 7317 - Communications between tribunals