Sec. 46b-213f. Administrative enforcement of orders. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 46b-213f. Administrative enforcement of orders. (a) A party or support enforcement agency seeking to enforce a support order or an income withholding order, or both, issued by a tribunal of another state may send the documents required for registering the order to Support Enforcement Services.

      (b) Upon receipt of the documents, Support Enforcement Services, with the assistance of the Bureau of Child Support Enforcement within the Department of Social Services, as appropriate, without initially seeking to register the order, shall consider and, if appropriate, use any administrative procedure authorized by the law of this state to enforce a support order or an income withholding order, or both. If the obligor does not contest administrative enforcement, the order need not be registered. If the obligor contests the validity or administrative enforcement of the order, the support enforcement agency shall file the order with Support Enforcement Services of the Superior Court to be recorded in the registry of support orders of the Family Support Magistrate Division.

      (June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-1, S. 34, 75; P.A. 99-193, S. 8, 16; P.A. 00-196, S. 28; P.A. 01-91, S. 12; P.A. 07-247, S. 42.)

      History: June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-1 effective January 1, 1998; P.A. 99-193 made technical changes in Subsec. (b) and deleted Subsec. (c), effective June 23, 1999; P.A. 00-196 made technical change in Subsec. (b); P.A. 01-91 changed "the Support Enforcement Division" to "Support Enforcement Services" in Subsecs. (a) and (b); P.A. 07-247 amended Subsec. (a) by adding "or support enforcement agency", effective January 1, 2008.

      Support enforcement services have statutory authority to assist defendant in seeking enforcement of support order. 286 C. 291.