S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5771 1997-1998 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E August 1, 1997 ___________ Introduced by Sens. SALAND, RATH -- (at request of the Governor) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the social services law, the domestic relations law, the family court act, the lien law, the vehicle and traffic law, the labor law, the civil practice law and rules, the tax law, the workers' compensation law, the public health law, the general obligations law, the alcoholic beverage control law, the education law, the judiciary law, the real property law, the banking law and the insurance law, in relation to the administration and implementation of child support enforcement and repealing certain provisions of the domestic relations law relating thereto The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- ______________________________________________________________________ bly, do enact as follows: _________________________ 1 Section 1. The legislature hereby finds and declares: 2 It is essential that New York state's child support enforcement 3 program meet the needs of children, including providing for the timely 4 and efficient establishment of paternity and child support orders and 5 the collection of child support payments. 6 It is also essential that New York state meet the child support 7 requirements contained in the federal Personal Responsibility and Work 8 Opportunity Reconciliation Act. 9 In recognition of these goals, we hereby enact a number of measures to 10 strengthen New York state's child support system, including establishing 11 a cost of living adjustment process to ensure that child support order 12 amounts keep pace with inflation. In addition, we have determined that 13 state and local child support agencies should have additional enforce- 14 ment remedies and improved paternity establishment measures. Finally, 15 we fulfill federal requirements by adopting several initiatives, includ- 16 ing the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, establishing a computer- 17 ized state case registry and making improvements to New York state's new 18 hire reporting program. These changes and others contained in this EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets _______ [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11581-01-7 S. 5771 2 1 legislation are intended to help families by ensuring that New York 2 state's children receive the child support that they deserve. 3  1-a. Subdivision 3 of section 537 of the labor law is amended by 4 adding three new paragraphs c, d and e to read as follows: 5 c. Nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit the delivery of unem- ______________________________________________________________________ 6 ployment benefit information contained in the department's records to ________________________________________________________________________ 7 the secretary of health and human services of the United States or the ________________________________________________________________________ 8 state agency responsible for collecting such information, in accordance ________________________________________________________________________ 9 with regulations promulgated by such secretary, as necessary for the ________________________________________________________________________ 10 purposes of the national directory of new hires as established under ________________________________________________________________________ 11 section four hundred fifty-three A of the social security act, as added ________________________________________________________________________ 12 by section three hundred thirteen of the personal responsibility and ________________________________________________________________________ 13 work opportunity reconciliation act of 1996, P.L. 104-193. __________________________________________________________ 14 d. (i) Nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit the disclosure ______________________________________________________________________ 15 quarterly, to the secretary of health and human services of the United ________________________________________________________________________ 16 States or the state agency responsible for collecting such information, ________________________________________________________________________ 17 claim information contained in the department's records, as required by ________________________________________________________________________ 18 section four hundred fifty-three A of the social security act (estab- ________________________________________________________________________ 19 lishing the national directory) as amended by section three hundred ________________________________________________________________________ 20 thirteen of the personal responsibility and work opportunity reconcil- ________________________________________________________________________ 21 iation act of 1996, P.L. 104-193. Such claim information is to be used ________________________________________________________________________ 22 only for the purposes of section four hundred fifty-three A of the ________________________________________________________________________ 23 social security act in carrying out child support enforcement programs. ________________________________________________________________________ 24 Costs of furnishing such claim information shall be reimbursed consist- ________________________________________________________________________ 25 ent with federal law and regulations. _____________________________________ 26 (ii) For the purpose of this paragraph the term "claim information" ______________________________________________________________________ 27 means information regarding whether an individual is receiving, has ________________________________________________________________________ 28 received, or has made application for, unemployment insurance benefits, ________________________________________________________________________ 29 the amount of such benefits being received or to be received and the ________________________________________________________________________ 30 individual's most recent address contained in the department's records. _______________________________________________________________________ 31 e. Nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit the disclosure of ______________________________________________________________________ 32 claim information as defined in subparagraph (ii) of paragraph d of this ________________________________________________________________________ 33 subdivision to the "state directory of new hires," as established under ________________________________________________________________________ 34 section one hundred seventy-one-h of the tax law as amended, and to the ________________________________________________________________________ 35 state department of social services for disseminating to support ________________________________________________________________________ 36 collection units designated by social services districts or their duly ________________________________________________________________________ 37 authorized agents for all purposes designated by the personal responsi- ________________________________________________________________________ 38 bility and worker opportunity reconciliation act of 1996, public law ________________________________________________________________________ 39 104-193. The cost of providing such claim information shall be reim- ________________________________________________________________________ 40 bursed consistent with federal law and regulations. ___________________________________________________ 41  2. Subdivision 6 of section 537 of the labor law, as added by chap- 42 ter 302 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows: 43 6. Access to the information described in subdivisions four and five 44 of this section shall be limited to department employees engaged in the 45 development of a wage reporting system and to department employees or __ 46 other individuals designated by the commissioner who are responsible for ________________________________________________________ 47 reporting on, monitoring, administering, or evaluating the department's ________________ 48 employment security programs [and], training programs, or public assist- _ ___________________ 49 ance work programs or engaged in other purposes deemed appropriate by ________________________________________________________________________ 50 the commissioner consistent with the provisions of this chapter. _______________________________________________________________ 51  3. Section 512 of the labor law is amended by adding a new subdivi- 52 sion 3 to read as follows: 53 3. For the purpose of complying with the requirements of the federal ______________________________________________________________________ 54 personal responsibility and work opportunity reconciliation act, public ________________________________________________________________________ 55 law 104-193, the term "labor organizations" shall have the meaning given ________________________________________________________________________ 56 such term in section two (5) of the national labor relations act, and ________________________________________________________________________ S. 5771 3 1 includes any entity (also known as a "hiring hall") which is used by the ________________________________________________________________________ 2 organization and any employer to carry out requirements of an agreement ________________________________________________________________________ 3 between the organization and the employer described in section eight ________________________________________________________________________ 4 (f)(3) of such act. Such "labor organizations" shall be considered ________________________________________________________________________ 5 employers for the purpose of submitting information to the "statewide ________________________________________________________________________ 6 wage reporting system" as provided in section one hundred seventy-one-a ________________________________________________________________________ 7 of the tax law. _______________ 8  4. Subdivision 7 of part B of section 236 of the domestic relations 9 law is amended by adding a new paragraph c to read as follows: 10 c. The court shall direct that a copy of any child support or ______________________________________________________________________ 11 combined child and spousal support order issued by the court on or after ________________________________________________________________________ 12 the first day of October, nineteen hundred ninety-eight, in any proceed- ________________________________________________________________________ 13 ing under this section be provided promptly to the state case registry ________________________________________________________________________ 14 established pursuant to subdivision four-a of section one hundred ________________________________________________________________________ 15 eleven-b of the social services law. ____________________________________ 16  5. Subdivision 9 of part B of section 236 of the domestic relations 17 law is amended by adding a new paragraph d to read as follows: 18 d. The court shall direct that a copy of any child support or ______________________________________________________________________ 19 combined child and spousal support order issued by the court on or after ________________________________________________________________________ 20 the first day of October, nineteen hundred ninety-eight, in any proceed- ________________________________________________________________________ 21 ing under this section be provided promptly to the state case registry ________________________________________________________________________ 22 established pursuant to subdivision four-a of section one hundred ________________________________________________________________________ 23 eleven-b of the social services law. ____________________________________ 24  6. Section 240 of the domestic relations law is amended by adding a 25 new subdivision 5 to read as follows: 26 5. Provision of child support orders to the state case registry. The ______________________________________________________________________ 27 court shall direct that a copy of any child support or combined child ________________________________________________________________________ 28 and spousal support order issued by the court on or after the first day ________________________________________________________________________ 29 of October, nineteen hundred ninety-eight, in any proceeding under this ________________________________________________________________________ 30 section be provided promptly to the state case registry established ________________________________________________________________________ 31 pursuant to subdivision four-a of section one hundred eleven-b of the ________________________________________________________________________ 32 social services law. ____________________ 33  7. Section 440 of the family court act is amended by adding a new 34 subdivision 5 to read as follows: 35 5. The court shall direct that a copy of any child support or ______________________________________________________________________ 36 combined child and spousal support order issued by the court on or after ________________________________________________________________________ 37 the first day of October, nineteen hundred ninety-eight, in any proceed- ________________________________________________________________________ 38 ing pursuant to a reference from the supreme court under section two ________________________________________________________________________ 39 hundred fifty-one of the domestic relations law or under the provisions ________________________________________________________________________ 40 of article four, five, five-A or five-B of this act be provided promptly ________________________________________________________________________ 41 to the state case registry established pursuant to subdivision four-a of ________________________________________________________________________ 42 section one hundred eleven-b of the social services law. ________________________________________________________ 43  8. Subdivision 3 of section 111-b of the social services law, as 44 added by chapter 685 of the laws of 1975, is amended to read as follows: 45 3. In appropriate cases, the department is authorized to utilize 46 support enforcement and collection and location services made available 47 through the secretary of health[, education] and [welfare] human _____ 48 services, including the services of federal courts, the federal parent ________ 49 locator service, the federal case registry of child support orders, the _________________________________________________________ 50 national directory of new hires, and the treasury department, if and so _________________________________ 51 long as authorized and required by federal law. 52  9. Subdivision 4 of section 111-b of the social services law, as 53 added by chapter 516 of the laws of 1977, paragraph (i) as amended by 54 chapter 41 of the laws of 1992 and the closing paragraph as amended by 55 chapter 456 of the laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows: S. 5771 4 1 4. The department shall maintain and operate a parent locator service 2 [for the location of absent parents and fathers of children born out of 3 wedlock. The records of such service shall contain as far as is known:] 4 with respect to cases being provided services pursuant to this title ________________________________________________________________________ 5 [(a) the full and true name of each such parent together with any known 6 aliases and last known address; 7 (b) date and place of birth; 8 (c) physical description; 9 (d) social security number; 10 (e) employment history; 11 (f) military record; 12 (g) any police record; 13 (h) whether a proceeding has been instituted against such parent or 14 putative father to enforce the laws respecting the desertion, abandon- 15 ment and support of such children and the time when such proceeding was 16 instituted together with a statement of the current status and results 17 of such proceeding; 18 (i) the action taken to carry out the provisions of sections one 19 hundred fifty-eight, three hundred forty-nine-b, three hundred fifty-two 20 and three hundred fifty-two-a of this chapter; 21 (j) whether a proceeding has been instituted in this or any other 22 state pursuant to the provisions of the uniform support of dependents 23 law as contained in the domestic relations law; and 24 (k) any further information that may be of assistance in locating such 25 persons]. 26 To effectuate the purposes of this subdivision, the commissioner shall 27 request and receive from the departments, authorities, boards, bureaus, ____________ 28 commissions, corporations, councils, funds, offices, or other agencies ____________________________________________________ 29 of the state, or any of its political subdivisions, and all such ___ 30 [departments, boards, bureaus and other agencies] organizational enti- _____________________ 31 ties of the state and social services districts are hereby directed, to ____ 32 provide and the political subdivisions are hereby authorized to provide, 33 such assistance and data as will enable the department and social 34 services districts to properly carry out their powers and duties to 35 locate such parents and to enforce their liability for the support of 36 their children. Any records established pursuant to the provisions of 37 this section shall be available only to the secretary of health and __________________________ 38 human services, office of the [welfare] inspector general [in the ________________ 39 department of audit and control], social services districts, district 40 attorneys, county attorneys, corporation counsels, and courts having 41 jurisdiction in any proceeding under article four, five, [or] five-A, or ____ 42 five-B of the family court act; provided, however, no [department, ______ 43 board, bureau or other agency] organizational entity of the state need _____________________ 44 make available any data or information which is otherwise required by 45 statute to be maintained in a confidential manner. 46  10. Section 111-b of the social services law is amended by adding a 47 new subdivision 4-a to read as follows: 48 4-a. (a) The department shall maintain and operate a state case ______________________________________________________________________ 49 registry that contains records with respect to: _______________________________________________ 50 (1) each case receiving services pursuant to this title; and ____________________________________________________________ 51 (2) each support order established or modified in the state on or ______________________________________________________________________ 52 after the first day of October, nineteen hundred ninety-eight. ______________________________________________________________ 53 (b) For the purpose of subparagraph two of paragraph (a) of this ______________________________________________________________________ 54 subdivision, the term support order means a judgment, decree, or order, ________________________________________________________________________ 55 whether temporary, final, or subject to modification, issued by a court ________________________________________________________________________ 56 or an administrative agency of competent jurisdiction, including any ________________________________________________________________________ S. 5771 5 1 adjusted order issued by a support collection unit, for the support and ________________________________________________________________________ 2 maintenance of a child, including a child who has attained the age of ________________________________________________________________________ 3 majority under the law of the issuing state, or a child and the parent ________________________________________________________________________ 4 with whom the child is living, which provides for monetary support, ________________________________________________________________________ 5 health care, arrearages, or reimbursement, and which may include related ________________________________________________________________________ 6 costs and fees, interest and penalties, income withholding, attorney's ________________________________________________________________________ 7 fees, and other relief. _______________________ 8 (c) Each case record in the state case registry with respect to cases ______________________________________________________________________ 9 described in subparagraph one of paragraph (a) of this subdivision for ________________________________________________________________________ 10 which a support order has been established shall include a record of: _____________________________________________________________________ 11 (1) the amount of monthly (or other periodic) support owed under the ______________________________________________________________________ 12 order, and other amounts (including arrearages, interest or late payment ________________________________________________________________________ 13 penalties, and fees) due or overdue under the order; ____________________________________________________ 14 (2) any amount described in subparagraph one of this paragraph that ______________________________________________________________________ 15 has been collected; ___________________ 16 (3) the distribution of such collected amounts; _______________________________________________ 17 (4) the birth date of any child for whom the order requires the ______________________________________________________________________ 18 provision of support; and _________________________ 19 (5) the amount of any lien imposed with respect to the order pursuant ______________________________________________________________________ 20 to section one hundred eleven-u of this article. ________________________________________________ 21 (d) The department shall update and monitor each case record in the ______________________________________________________________________ 22 state registry described in subparagraph one of paragraph (a) of this ________________________________________________________________________ 23 subdivision on the basis of: ____________________________ 24 (1) information on administrative actions and administrative and judi- ______________________________________________________________________ 25 cial proceedings and orders relating to paternity and support; ______________________________________________________________ 26 (2) information obtained from comparison with federal, state or local ______________________________________________________________________ 27 sources of information; _______________________ 28 (3) information on support collections and distributions; and _____________________________________________________________ 29 (4) any other relevant information. ___________________________________ 30 (e) Information maintained as part of the state case registry shall ______________________________________________________________________ 31 be made available to other state and federal agencies as provided for in ________________________________________________________________________ 32 federal statutes and regulations promulgated by the federal secretary of ________________________________________________________________________ 33 health and human services. __________________________ 34  11. Section 171-h of the tax law, as added by chapter 81 of the laws 35 of 1995, is amended to read as follows: 36  171-h. [Provision of information relating to newly hired or 37 re-hired employees] State directory of new hires. (l) [For the _____________________________ 38 purposes of facilitating the accurate and prompt calculation of child 39 support obligations by the support collection units designated by social 40 services districts and for administering the child support enforcement 41 program as authorized by law, the department shall require commencing on 42 January first nineteen hundred and ninety-six, that employers submit a 43 report identifying any employee who has been hired or re-hired. Such 44 report shall include the employee's name, date of birth, address, social 45 security number and the annual gross wages to be paid to such employee, 46 and the employer's name, address and identification number, and shall be 47 submitted by the employer within fifteen calendar days of the employer's 48 hiring or re-hiring of the employee.] Establishment. The department ________________________________ 49 shall establish an automated directory known as the "State Directory of ________________________________________________________________________ 50 New Hires" which shall contain information supplied by employers in ________________________________________________________________________ 51 accordance with subdivision three of this section, regarding each newly ________________________________________________________________________ 52 hired or re-hired employee. ___________________________ 53 (2) Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the terms "employ- ____________ 54 er," "employee," and ["gross wages"] "business day" shall [have the _______________ 55 meanings ascribed to them by section one hundred seventy-one-a of this S. 5771 6 1 article and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto.] have the follow- _________________ 2 ing meanings: _____________ 3 (a) "employee" means an individual who is an employee within the ______________________________________________________________________ 4 meaning of chapter twenty-four of the internal revenue code of 1986, and ________________________________________________________________________ 5 does not include an employee of a federal or state agency performing ________________________________________________________________________ 6 intelligence or counterintelligence functions if the head of such agency ________________________________________________________________________ 7 has determined that a report made pursuant to this section with respect ________________________________________________________________________ 8 to the individual could endanger the safety of the employee or compro- ________________________________________________________________________ 9 mise an ongoing investigation or intelligence mission. ______________________________________________________ 10 (b) "employer" means an individual or entity within the meaning given ______________________________________________________________________ 11 the term employer in section three thousand four hundred one (d) of the ________________________________________________________________________ 12 internal revenue code of 1986 and includes: ___________________________________________ 13 (i) any governmental entity, and _________________________________ 14 (ii) any labor organization as defined in section two (5) of the ______________________________________________________________________ 15 national labor relations act, including any entity (also known as a ________________________________________________________________________ 16 "hiring hall") which is used by such labor organization and an employer ________________________________________________________________________ 17 to carry out the requirements described in section eight (f)(3) of the ________________________________________________________________________ 18 national labor relations act with respect to any agreement that may ________________________________________________________________________ 19 exist between the labor organization and the employer. ______________________________________________________ 20 (c) "business day" means a day on which state offices are open for ______________________________________________________________________ 21 regular business. _________________ 22 (3) Employer reporting requirements: _____________________________________ 23 (a) General. Employers shall furnish to the state directory of new ______________________________________________________________________ 24 hires a report that contains the name, address, and social security ________________________________________________________________________ 25 number of each newly hired or re-hired employee who works in the state, ________________________________________________________________________ 26 and the employer's name, address, and identification number as assigned ________________________________________________________________________ 27 pursuant to section six thousand one hundred nine of the internal reven- ________________________________________________________________________ 28 ue code of 1986. ________________ 29 (b) Format. Each report shall be submitted on a W-4 (employee's ______________________________________________________________________ 30 withholding allowance certificate) form or, at employer option, an ________________________________________________________________________ 31 equivalent form and transmitted by first class mail, magnetically, or ________________________________________________________________________ 32 electronically to the state directory of new hires. ___________________________________________________ 33 (c) Timing. Employers must submit reports to the state directory of ______________________________________________________________________ 34 new hires within twenty calendar days of the employer's hiring or ________________________________________________________________________ 35 re-hiring of the employee. However, in the case of an employer trans- ________________________________________________________________________ 36 mitting reports magnetically or electronically, by two monthly trans- ________________________________________________________________________ 37 missions (if necessary), such reports shall be transmitted not less than ________________________________________________________________________ 38 twelve calendar days nor more than sixteen calendar days apart. _______________________________________________________________ 39 (d) Multistate employers. An employer that has employees who work in ______________________________________________________________________ 40 New York and employees who work in one or more other states, and trans- ________________________________________________________________________ 41 mits reports magnetically or electronically, may designate New York or ________________________________________________________________________ 42 one of the other states in which such employer has employees as the ________________________________________________________________________ 43 state to which the employer will transmit the report to the state direc- ________________________________________________________________________ 44 tory of new hires. Any employer which transmits reports by this method ________________________________________________________________________ 45 must notify the secretary of the federal department of health and human ________________________________________________________________________ 46 services in writing as to which state such employer designates for the ________________________________________________________________________ 47 purpose of sending reports. ___________________________ 48 (e) Federal government employers. Any department, agency, or instru- ______________________________________________________________________ 49 mentality of the federal government shall transmit new hire reports as ________________________________________________________________________ 50 required by section four hundred fifty-three A (b)(1)(C) of the social ________________________________________________________________________ 51 security act. _____________ 52 (4) The department shall: __________________________ 53 (a) notify all employers of the requirements for reporting informa- ______________________________________________________________________ 54 tion to the state directory of new hires as provided in subdivision ________________________________________________________________________ 55 three of this section; ______________________ S. 5771 7 1 (b) enter information into the database maintained by the state ______________________________________________________________________ 2 directory of new hires within five business days of receipt from an ________________________________________________________________________ 3 employer pursuant to subdivision three of this section; _______________________________________________________ 4 (c) make automated comparisons of social security numbers between the ______________________________________________________________________ 5 state directory of new hires and the state case registry maintained by ________________________________________________________________________ 6 the department of social services for administration of the child ________________________________________________________________________ 7 support enforcement program and, where there is a match, provide the ________________________________________________________________________ 8 department of social services with the name, address, and social securi- ________________________________________________________________________ 9 ty number of the employee to whom the social security number is ________________________________________________________________________ 10 assigned, and the name and address of the employer and the employer's ________________________________________________________________________ 11 identifying number assigned to the employer under section six thousand ________________________________________________________________________ 12 nine of the internal revenue code of 1986, within one business day after ________________________________________________________________________ 13 the date the information is entered into the state directory of new ________________________________________________________________________ 14 hires; ______ 15 (d) transmit new hire information to the national directory of new ______________________________________________________________________ 16 hires maintained by the federal department of health and human services ________________________________________________________________________ 17 within three business days after the date the information is entered ________________________________________________________________________ 18 into the state directory of new hires; ______________________________________ 19 (e) conduct matches with the department of social services and the ______________________________________________________________________ 20 department of labor to verify individuals' eligibility for the various ________________________________________________________________________ 21 programs specified under section one thousand one hundred thirty-seven ________________________________________________________________________ 22 (b) of the social security act and for other public assistance programs ________________________________________________________________________ 23 authorized by state law, and for the purposes of administering state ________________________________________________________________________ 24 employment security programs, and with the workers' compensation board ________________________________________________________________________ 25 for the purpose of administering workers' compensation programs; ________________________________________________________________ 26 [(3) The commissioner shall,] (f) on or before October first, nineteen ___ 27 hundred [ninety-five] ninety-seven, enter into [a] written [agreement] ____________ 28 agreements with the [commissioner] commissioners of social services[,] __________ _____________ 29 and labor on behalf of the [department] departments of social ___________ ___________ 30 services[,] and labor respectively and the chair of the workers' compen- ____________________________________________________________ 31 sation board on behalf of such board, which shall: _____________________________________ 32 [(a)] (i) provide for the disclosure of information obtained from ___ 33 the reports required to be submitted pursuant to this section to [the 34 department of social services for dissemination to support collection 35 units designated by social services districts] such departments and ____________________ 36 board for the purposes set forth in [subdivision one of] this section; _____ 37 [(b)] (ii) specify the frequency with which the department shall ____ 38 furnish information obtained from such reports to [the department of 39 social services for dissemination to such support collection units] such ____ 40 departments and board, which shall be within one business day after the ________________________________________________________________________ 41 date the information is entered into the state directory of new hires; _____________________________________________________________________ 42 [(c)] (iii) set forth the procedure for reimbursement of the depart- _____ 43 ment by [the department of social services] such departments and board __________________________ 44 subject to the approval of the director of the budget for the additional 45 costs of carrying out the provisions of this section; [and] 46 [(d)] (iv) include such other matters as the parties to such agree- ____ 47 ment shall deem necessary to carry out the provisions of this 48 section[.]; and _____ 49 (g) furnish to the national directory of new hires, on a quarterly ______________________________________________________________________ 50 basis, extracts of the reports required under paragraph six of ________________________________________________________________________ 51 subsection (a) of section three hundred three of the federal social ________________________________________________________________________ 52 security act to be made to the secretary of labor concerning wages and ________________________________________________________________________ 53 unemployment compensation paid to individuals, by such dates, and in ________________________________________________________________________ 54 such manner as the secretary of health and human services shall specify ________________________________________________________________________ 55 by regulations. The state department of labor shall, consistent with the ________________________________________________________________________ 56 authority contained in paragraph e of subdivision three of section five ________________________________________________________________________ S. 5771 8 1 hundred thirty-seven of the labor law, disclose to the state directory ________________________________________________________________________ 2 of new hires, such wage and unemployment compensation information as may ________________________________________________________________________ 3 be necessary to allow such state directory to comply with the provisions ________________________________________________________________________ 4 of this paragraph. __________________ 5 [(4) The commissioner shall have the authority to promulgate regu- 6 lations in order to implement the provisions of this section.] 7  12. Subsection (w) of section 685 of the tax law, as added by chap- 8 ter 81 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows: 9 (w) Failure to file report regarding newly hired or re-hired employ- 10 ees. If any employer required to file a report pursuant to section one 11 hundred seventy-one-h of this chapter fails to file such report at the 12 time prescribed therefor, or files a report which fails to show the 13 information required pursuant to such section one hundred seventy-one-h, 14 unless it is shown that such failure is due to reasonable cause and not 15 due to willful neglect, there shall, upon notice and demand by the 16 commissioner and in the same manner as tax, be paid by the employer a 17 penalty equal to the product of [fifty] twenty dollars, multiplied by ______ 18 the number of employees [required to be included in such report,] the ___ 19 employer failed to report, but the total amount imposed on the employer __________________________ 20 for all such failures during any calendar year shall not exceed ten 21 thousand dollars. If the failure is a result of a conspiracy between _____________________________________________________ 22 the employer and the employee to not supply the required report or to ________________________________________________________________________ 23 supply a false or incomplete report, the penalty shall be equal to the ________________________________________________________________________ 24 product of four hundred fifty dollars multiplied by the number of ________________________________________________________________________ 25 employees the employer failed to report. ________________________________________ 26  13. Subdivision 1 of section 171-a of the tax law, as amended by 27 chapter 302 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows: 28 (1) The department shall design, develop, implement and operate a 29 wage reporting system within the department utilizing information 30 submitted by employers as defined under article eighteen of the labor 31 law. The department is authorized to require submission of a report, in 32 such form and in such manner as prescribed by regulations for not more 33 frequently than four times per annum, of the name, social security 34 account number, and gross wages paid to each employee who resides or is 35 employed in this state, whether or not such employee is a resident for 36 purposes of this chapter and whether or not the wages of such employee 37 are subject to withholding of tax or payments of tax under article twen- 38 ty-two of this chapter. No report shall be filed with respect to an ___________________________________________ 39 employee of a state or local agency performing intelligence or counter- ________________________________________________________________________ 40 intelligence functions, if the head of such agency has determined that ________________________________________________________________________ 41 filing such a report could endanger the safety of the employee or ________________________________________________________________________ 42 compromise an ongoing investigation or intelligence mission. ____________________________________________________________ 43  14. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 23 of the social 44 services law, as amended by chapter 304 of the laws of 1990, is amended 45 to read as follows: 46 (a) to social services districts with respect to applicants for and 47 recipients of public assistance and care or other benefits pursuant to 48 this chapter for which such [district is] districts are responsible, _____________ 49 with respect to any person legally responsible for the support of such 50 applicants and recipients and with respect to any person legally respon- 51 sible for the support of a recipient of services under section one 52 hundred eleven-g of this chapter or to any agent of any entity that is _______________________________________ 53 under contract with the child support program pursuant to title six-a of ________________________________________________________________________ 54 article three of this chapter, _____________________________ 55  15. The labor law is amended by adding a new section 21-d to read 56 as follows: S. 5771 9 1  21-d. Power of commissioner to enter into agreement relating to ______________________________________________________________________ 2 information obtained by the state directory of new hires. The depart- ________________________________________________________________________ 3 ment, through the commissioner, shall enter into the agreement provided ________________________________________________________________________ 4 for in section one hundred seventy-one-h of the tax law, and shall take ________________________________________________________________________ 5 such other actions as may be necessary to carry out the agreement ________________________________________________________________________ 6 provided for in such section for matching beneficiary records of work- ________________________________________________________________________ 7 ers' compensation and state employment security programs with informa- ________________________________________________________________________ 8 tion provided by employers to the state directory of new hires for the ________________________________________________________________________ 9 purposes of verifying eligibility for such benefits and for administer- ________________________________________________________________________ 10 ing workers' compensation and state employment security programs. _________________________________________________________________ 11  16. Section 111-m of the social services law is renumbered section 12 111-y and a new section 111-m is added to read as follows: 13  111-m. Agreement relating to information obtained by the state ______________________________________________________________________ 14 directory of new hires. The department, through the commissioner, shall ________________________________________________________________________ 15 enter into the agreement provided for in section one hundred seventy- ________________________________________________________________________ 16 one-h of the tax law, and shall take such other actions as may be neces- ________________________________________________________________________ 17 sary to carry out the agreement provided for in such section for match- ________________________________________________________________________ 18 ing recipient records of public assistance and of the child support ________________________________________________________________________ 19 enforcement program with information provided by employers to the state ________________________________________________________________________ 20 directory of new hires for the purposes of verifying eligibility for ________________________________________________________________________ 21 such public assistance programs and for the administration of the child ________________________________________________________________________ 22 support enforcement program. ____________________________ 23  17. Paragraph 3 of subsection (e) of section 697 of the tax law, as 24 separately amended by chapters 81, 302 and 632 of the laws of 1995, is 25 amended to read as follows: 26 (3) Nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit the delivery by the 27 commissioner to a commissioner of jurors, appointed pursuant to section 28 five hundred four of the judiciary law, or, in counties within cities 29 having a population of one million or more, to the county clerk of such 30 county, of a mailing list of individuals to whom income tax forms are 31 mailed by the commissioner for the sole purpose of compiling a list of 32 prospective jurors as provided in article sixteen of such law. Provided, 33 however, such delivery shall only be made pursuant to an order of the 34 chief administrator of the courts, appointed pursuant to section two 35 hundred ten of such law. No such order may be issued unless such chief 36 administrator is satisfied that such mailing list is needed to compile a 37 proper list of prospective jurors for the county for which such order is 38 sought and that, in view of the responsibilities imposed by the various 39 laws of the state on the department, it is reasonable to require the 40 commissioner to furnish such list. Such order shall provide that such 41 list shall be used for the sole purpose of compiling a list of prospec- 42 tive jurors and that such commissioner of jurors, or such county clerk, 43 shall take all necessary steps to insure that the list is kept confiden- 44 tial and that there is no unauthorized use or disclosure of such list. 45 Furthermore, nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit the delivery 46 to a taxpayer or his or her duly authorized representative of a certi- 47 fied copy of any return or report filed in connection with his or her 48 tax or to prohibit the publication of statistics so classified as to 49 prevent the identification of particular reports or returns and the 50 items thereof, or the inspection by the attorney general or other legal 51 representatives of the state of the report or return of any taxpayer 52 [who], or of any employer filed under section one hundred seventy-one-h ___________________________________________________________________ 53 of this chapter, where such taxpayer or employer shall bring action to __________________________________________________ 54 set aside or review the tax based thereon, or against whom an action or 55 proceeding under this chapter has been recommended by the commissioner 56 or the attorney general or has been instituted, or the inspection of the S. 5771 10 1 reports or returns required under this article by the comptroller or 2 duly designated officer or employee of the state department of audit and 3 control, for purposes of the audit of a refund of any tax paid by a 4 taxpayer under this article, or the furnishing to the state department 5 of social services of information obtained or derived from New York 6 state personal income tax returns as described in paragraph (b) of 7 subdivision two of section one hundred seventy-one-g of this chapter for 8 the purpose of reviewing support orders enforced pursuant to title six-A 9 of article three of the social services law to aid in the determination 10 of whether such orders should be adjusted, or the furnishing [to the 11 state department of social services for dissemination to support 12 collection units designated by social services districts] of information 13 obtained from the reports required to be submitted by employers regard- 14 ing newly hired or re-hired employees pursuant to section one hundred 15 seventy-one-h of this chapter to the state department of social ______________________________________ 16 services, the state department of labor and the workers' compensation ________________________________________________________________________ 17 board for [the] purposes of [facilitating the accurate and prompt calcu- _____ 18 lation of child support obligations by such support collection units and 19 for administering the child support enforcement program as authorized by 20 law] administration of the child support enforcement program, verifica- __________________________________________________________________ 21 tion of individuals' eligibility for one or more of the programs speci- ________________________________________________________________________ 22 fied in subsection (b) of section eleven hundred thirty-seven of the ________________________________________________________________________ 23 federal social security act and for other public assistance programs ________________________________________________________________________ 24 authorized by state law, and administration of the state's workers' ________________________________________________________________________ 25 compensation and employment security programs, and to the national ________________________________________________________________________ 26 directory of new hires established pursuant to section four hundred ________________________________________________________________________ 27 fifty-three-A of the federal social security act for the purposes speci- ________________________________________________________________________ 28 fied in such section, or the furnishing to the state department of ____________________ 29 social services of the amount of an overpayment of income tax and inter- 30 est thereon certified to the comptroller to be credited against past-due 31 support pursuant to section one hundred seventy-one-c of this chapter 32 and of the name and social security number of the taxpayer who made such 33 overpayment or the furnishing to the New York state higher education 34 services corporation of the amount of an overpayment of income tax and 35 interest thereon certified to the comptroller to be credited against the 36 amount of a default in repayment of a guaranteed student loan pursuant 37 to section one hundred seventy-one-d of this chapter and of the name and 38 social security number of the taxpayer who made such overpayment, or the 39 furnishing to the state department of health of the information required 40 by subdivision two-a of section two thousand five hundred eleven of the 41 public health law, or the furnishing to the state university of New York 42 or the city university of New York respectively or the attorney general 43 on behalf of such state or city university the amount of an overpayment 44 of income tax and interest thereon certified to the comptroller to be 45 credited against the amount of a default in repayment of a state univer- 46 sity loan pursuant to section one hundred seventy-one-e of this chapter 47 and of the name and social security number of the taxpayer who made such 48 overpayment, or the disclosing to a state agency, pursuant to section 49 one hundred seventy-one-f of this chapter, of the amount of an overpay- 50 ment and interest thereon certified to the comptroller to be credited 51 against a past-due legally enforceable debt owed to such agency and of 52 the name and social security number of the taxpayer who made such over- 53 payment, or the furnishing of employee and employer information obtained 54 through the wage reporting system, pursuant to section one hundred 55 seventy-one-a of this chapter, to the state department of social 56 services for the purpose of verifying eligibility for and entitlement to S. 5771 11 1 amounts of benefits under the social services law or similar law of 2 another jurisdiction, locating absent parents or other persons legally 3 responsible for the support of applicants for or recipients of public 4 assistance and care under the social services law and persons legally 5 responsible for the support of a recipient of services under section one 6 hundred eleven-g of the social services law and, in appropriate cases, 7 establishing support obligations pursuant to the social services law and 8 the family court act or similar provision of law of another jurisdiction 9 and for the purpose of evaluating the effect on earnings of partic- 10 ipation in employment, training or other programs designed to promote 11 self-sufficiency authorized pursuant to the social services law by 12 current recipients of public assistance and care and by former appli- 13 cants for and recipients of public assistance and care, and to the state 14 department of labor for the purpose of the administration of such 15 department's employment security programs, as well as for the evaluation 16 of the effect on earnings of participation in training programs with 17 respect to which the department of labor has reporting, monitoring or 18 evaluation responsibilities, or the furnishing of information, which is 19 obtained from the wage reporting system operated pursuant to section one 20 hundred seventy-one-a of this chapter, to the state department of social 21 services so that it may furnish such information to public agencies of 22 other jurisdictions with which the state department of social services 23 has an agreement pursuant to paragraph (h) or (i) of subdivision three 24 of section twenty of the social services law, and to the state depart- 25 ment of social services for the purpose of fulfilling obligations and 26 responsibilities otherwise incumbent upon the state department of labor, 27 under section one hundred twenty-four of the federal family support act 28 of nineteen hundred eighty-eight, by giving the federal parent locator 29 service, maintained by the federal department of health and human 30 services, prompt access to such information as required by such act, or 31 to the state department of health to establish eligibility under the 32 child health insurance plan pursuant to subdivision two-a of section two 33 thousand five hundred eleven of the public health law. Provided, howev- 34 er, that with respect to employee information the department of social 35 services shall only be furnished with the names, social security account 36 numbers and gross wages of those employees who are (A) applicants for or 37 recipients of benefits under the social services law, or similar 38 provision of law of another jurisdiction (pursuant to an agreement under 39 subdivision three of section twenty of the social services law) or, (B) 40 absent parents or other persons legally responsible for the support of 41 applicants for or recipients of public assistance and care under the 42 social services law or similar provision of law of another jurisdiction 43 (pursuant to an agreement under subdivision three of section twenty of 44 the social services law), or (C) persons legally responsible for the 45 support of a recipient of services under section one hundred eleven-g of 46 the social services law or similar provision of law of another jurisdic- 47 tion (pursuant to an agreement under subdivision three of section twenty 48 of the social services law), or (D) employees about whom wage reporting 49 system information is being furnished to public agencies of other juris- 50 dictions, with which the state department of social services has an 51 agreement pursuant to paragraph (h) or (i) of subdivision three of 52 section twenty of the social services law, or (E) employees about whom 53 wage reporting system information is being furnished to the federal 54 parent locator service, maintained by the federal department of health 55 and human services, for the purpose of enabling the state department of 56 social services to fulfill obligations and responsibilities otherwise S. 5771 12 1 incumbent upon the state department of labor, under section one hundred 2 twenty-four of the federal family support act of nineteen hundred eight- 3 y-eight, and, only if, the department of social services certifies to 4 the commissioner that such persons are such applicants, recipients, 5 absent parents or persons legally responsible for support or persons 6 about whom information has been requested by a public agency of another 7 jurisdiction or by the federal parent locator service and further certi- 8 fies that in the case of information requested under agreements with 9 other jurisdictions entered into pursuant to subdivision three of 10 section twenty of the social services law, that such request is in 11 compliance with any applicable federal law. Provided, further, that 12 where the department of social services requests employee information, 13 pursuant to the opening paragraph of paragraph (a) of subdivision three 14 of section one hundred seventy-one-a of this chapter, for the purpose of 15 evaluating the effects on earnings of participation in employment or 16 training programs authorized pursuant to the social services law, the 17 department of social services shall only be furnished with the quarterly 18 gross wages (excluding any reference to the name, social security number 19 or any other information which could be used to identify any employee or 20 the name or identification number of any employer) paid to employees 21 participating in such programs who are current or former recipients of 22 public assistance and care and who are so certified to the commissioner 23 by the commissioner of social services; provided, however, that pursuant 24 to subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subdivision three of section one 25 hundred seventy-one-a of this chapter, the department of social services 26 shall only be furnished with the record number of and quarterly gross 27 wages (excluding any reference to the name or social security number of 28 the employee or the name or identification number of any employer) paid 29 to employees who are or were participants in employment, training or 30 other programs designed to promote self-sufficiency authorized pursuant 31 to the social services law or who are former applicants for or current 32 or former recipients of public assistance and care and who are so certi- 33 fied to the commissioner by the commissioner of social services and such 34 quarterly gross wages may be made available by the department of social 35 services to local social services districts (excluding any reference to 36 the name, social security number, record number or any other information 37 which could be used to identify any employee or the name or identifica- 38 tion number of any employer) as necessary to carry out the purposes set 39 forth in subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subdivision three of 40 section one hundred seventy-one-a of this chapter. Provided, further, 41 that with respect to employee information, the department of health 42 shall only be furnished with the information required pursuant to subdi- 43 vision two-a of section two thousand five hundred eleven of the public 44 health law with respect to those children whose eligibility under the 45 child health insurance plan is to be determined pursuant to such subdi- 46 vision two-a and with respect to those members of any such child's 47 household whose income affects such child's eligibility and who are so 48 certified to the commissioner by the department of health. Reports and 49 returns shall be preserved for three years and thereafter until the 50 commissioner orders them to be destroyed. 51  18. Paragraph 3 of subsection (e) of section 697 of the tax law, as 52 separately amended by chapters 81 and 302 of the laws of 1995, is 53 amended to read as follows: 54 (3) Nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit the delivery by the 55 commissioner to a commissioner of jurors, appointed pursuant to section 56 five hundred four of the judiciary law, or, in counties within cities S. 5771 13 1 having a population of one million or more, to the county clerk of such 2 county, of a mailing list of individuals to whom income tax forms are 3 mailed by the commissioner for the sole purpose of compiling a list of 4 prospective jurors as provided in article sixteen of such law. Provided, 5 however, such delivery shall only be made pursuant to an order of the 6 chief administrator of the courts, appointed pursuant to section two 7 hundred ten of such law. No such order may be issued unless such chief 8 administrator is satisfied that such mailing list is needed to compile a 9 proper list of prospective jurors for the county for which such order is 10 sought and that, in view of the responsibilities imposed by the various 11 laws of the state on the department, it is reasonable to require the 12 commissioner to furnish such list. Such order shall provide that such 13 list shall be used for the sole purpose of compiling a list of prospec- 14 tive jurors and that such commissioner of jurors, or such county clerk, 15 shall take all necessary steps to insure that the list is kept confiden- 16 tial and that there is no unauthorized use or disclosure of such list. 17 Furthermore, nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit the delivery 18 to a taxpayer or his or her duly authorized representative of a certi- 19 fied copy of any return or report filed in connection with his or her 20 tax or to prohibit the publication of statistics so classified as to 21 prevent the identification of particular reports or returns and the 22 items thereof, or the inspection by the attorney general or other legal 23 representatives of the state of the report or return of any taxpayer 24 [who] or of any employer filed under section one hundred seventy-one-h _________________________________________________________________ 25 of this chapter, where such taxpayer or employer shall bring action to ________________________________________________ 26 set aside or review the tax based thereon, or against whom an action or 27 proceeding under this chapter has been recommended by the commissioner 28 or the attorney general or has been instituted, or the inspection of the 29 reports or returns required under this article by the comptroller or 30 duly designated officer or employee of the state department of audit and 31 control, for purposes of the audit of a refund of any tax paid by a 32 taxpayer under this article, or the furnishing to the state department 33 of social services of information obtained or derived from New York 34 state personal income tax returns as described in paragraph (b) of 35 subdivision two of section one hundred seventy-one-g of this chapter for 36 the purpose of reviewing support orders enforced pursuant to title six-A 37 of article three of the social services law to aid in the determination 38 of whether such orders should be adjusted, or the furnishing to the 39 state department of social services for dissemination to support 40 collection units designated by social services districts of information 41 obtained from the reports required to be submitted by employers regard- 42 ing newly hired or re-hired employees pursuant to section one hundred 43 seventy-one-h of this chapter to the state department of social ______________________________________ 44 services, the state department of labor and the workers' compensation ________________________________________________________________________ 45 board for [the] purposes of [facilitating the accurate and prompt calcu- _____ 46 lation of child support obligations by such support collection units and 47 for administering the child support enforcement program as authorized by 48 law] administration of the child support enforcement program, verifica- ___________________________________________________________________ 49 tion of individuals' eligibility for one or more of the programs speci- ________________________________________________________________________ 50 fied in subsection (b) of section eleven hundred thirty-seven of the ________________________________________________________________________ 51 federal social security act and for other public assistance programs ________________________________________________________________________ 52 authorized by state law, and administration of the state's employment ________________________________________________________________________ 53 security and workers' compensation programs, and to the national direc- ________________________________________________________________________ 54 tory of new hires established pursuant to section four hundred fifty- ________________________________________________________________________ 55 three-A of the federal social security act for the purposes specified in ________________________________________________________________________ 56 such section, or the furnishing to the state department of social ______________ S. 5771 14 1 services of the amount of an overpayment of income tax and interest 2 thereon certified to the comptroller to be credited against past-due 3 support pursuant to section one hundred seventy-one-c of this chapter 4 and of the name and social security number of the taxpayer who made such 5 overpayment or the furnishing to the New York state higher education 6 services corporation of the amount of an overpayment of income tax and 7 interest thereon certified to the comptroller to be credited against the 8 amount of a default in repayment of a guaranteed student loan pursuant 9 to section one hundred seventy-one-d of this chapter and of the name and 10 social security number of the taxpayer who made such overpayment, or the 11 furnishing to the state department of health of the information required 12 by subdivision two-a of section two thousand five hundred eleven of the 13 public health law, or the furnishing to the state university of New York 14 or the city university of New York respectively or the attorney general 15 on behalf of such state or city university the amount of an overpayment 16 of income tax and interest thereon certified to the comptroller to be 17 credited against the amount of a default in repayment of a state univer- 18 sity loan pursuant to section one hundred seventy-one-e of this chapter 19 and of the name and social security number of the taxpayer who made such 20 overpayment, or the disclosing to a state agency, pursuant to section 21 one hundred seventy-one-f of this chapter, of the amount of an overpay- 22 ment and interest thereon certified to the comptroller to be credited 23 against a past-due legally enforceable debt owed to such agency and of 24 the name and social security number of the taxpayer who made such over- 25 payment, or the furnishing of employee and employer information obtained 26 through the wage reporting system, pursuant to section one hundred 27 seventy-one-a of this chapter, to the state department of social 28 services for the purpose of verifying eligibility for and entitlement to 29 amounts of benefits under the social services law or similar law of 30 another jurisdiction, locating absent parents or other persons legally 31 responsible for the support of applicants for or recipients of public 32 assistance and care under the social services law and persons legally 33 responsible for the support of a recipient of services under section one 34 hundred eleven-g of the social services law and, in appropriate cases, 35 establishing support obligations pursuant to the social services law and 36 the family court act or similar provision of law of another jurisdiction 37 for the purpose of evaluating the effect on earnings of participation in 38 employment, training or other programs designed to promote self-suffici- 39 ency authorized pursuant to the social services law by current recipi- 40 ents of public assistance and care and by former applicants and recipi- 41 ents of public assistance and care, (except that with regard to former 42 recipients, information which relates to a particular former recipient 43 shall be provided with client identifying data deleted), and to the 44 state department of labor for the purpose of the administration of such 45 department's employment security programs, as well as for the evaluation 46 of the effect on earnings of participation in training programs with 47 respect to which the department of labor has reporting, monitoring or 48 evaluation responsibilities, or the furnishing of information, which is 49 obtained from the wage reporting system operated pursuant to section one 50 hundred seventy-one-a of this chapter, to the state department of social 51 services so that it may furnish such information to public agencies of 52 other jurisdictions with which the state department of social services 53 has an agreement pursuant to paragraph (h) or (i) of subdivision three 54 of section twenty of the social services law, and to the state depart- 55 ment of social services for the purpose of fulfilling obligations and 56 responsibilities otherwise incumbent upon the state department of labor, S. 5771 15 1 under section one hundred twenty-four of the federal family support act 2 of nineteen hundred eighty-eight, by giving the federal parent locator 3 service, maintained by the federal department of health and human 4 services, prompt access to such information as required by such act, or 5 to the state department of health to establish eligibility under the 6 child health insurance plan pursuant to subdivision two-a of section two 7 thousand five hundred eleven of the public health law. Provided, howev- 8 er, that with respect to employee information the department of social 9 services shall only be furnished with the names, social security account 10 numbers and gross wages of those employees who are (A) applicants for or 11 recipients of benefits under the social services law, or similar 12 provision of law of another jurisdiction (pursuant to an agreement under 13 subdivision three of section twenty of the social services law) or, (B) 14 absent parents or other persons legally responsible for the support of 15 applicants for or recipients of public assistance and care under the 16 social services law or similar provision of law of another jurisdiction 17 (pursuant to an agreement under subdivision three of section twenty of 18 the social services law), or (C) persons legally responsible for the 19 support of a recipient of services under section one hundred eleven-g of 20 the social services law or similar provision of law of another jurisdic- 21 tion (pursuant to an agreement under subdivision three of section twenty 22 of the social services law), or (D) employees about whom wage reporting 23 system information is being furnished to public agencies of other juris- 24 dictions, with which the state department of social services has an 25 agreement pursuant to paragraph (h) or (i) of subdivision three of 26 section twenty of the social services law, or (E) employees about whom 27 wage reporting system information is being furnished to the federal 28 parent locator service, maintained by the federal department of health 29 and human services, for the purpose of enabling the state department of 30 social services to fulfill obligations and responsibilities otherwise 31 incumbent upon the state department of labor, under section one hundred 32 twenty-four of the federal family support act of nineteen hundred eight- 33 y-eight, and, only if, the department of social services certifies to 34 the commissioner that such persons are such applicants, recipients, 35 absent parents or persons legally responsible for support or persons 36 about whom information has been requested by a public agency of another 37 jurisdiction or by the federal parent locator service and further certi- 38 fies that in the case of information requested under agreements with 39 other jurisdictions entered into pursuant to subdivision three of 40 section twenty of the social services law, that such request is in 41 compliance with any applicable federal law. Provided, further, that 42 where the department of social services requests employee information 43 for the purpose of evaluating the effects on earnings of participation 44 in employment, training or other programs designed to promote self-suf- 45 ficiency authorized pursuant to the social services law, the department 46 of social services shall only be furnished with the quarterly gross 47 wages (excluding any reference to the name, social security number or 48 any other information which could be used to identify any employee or 49 the name or identification number of any employer) paid to employees who 50 are former applicants for or recipients of public assistance and care 51 and who are so certified to the commissioner by the commissioner of 52 social services. Provided, further, that with respect to employee infor- 53 mation, the department of health shall only be furnished with the infor- 54 mation required pursuant to subdivision two-a of section two thousand 55 five hundred eleven of the public health law with respect to those chil- 56 dren whose eligibility under the child health insurance plan is to be S. 5771 16 1 determined pursuant to such subdivision two-a and with respect to those 2 members of any such child's household whose income affects such child's 3 eligibility and who are so certified to the commissioner or by the 4 department of health. Reports and returns shall be preserved for three 5 years and thereafter until the commissioner orders them to be destroyed. 6  19. Section 141 of the workers' compensation law, as amended by 7 chapter 261 of the laws of 1983, is amended to read as follows: 8  141. General powers and duties of the chairman. The chairman shall 9 be the administrative head of the workers' compensation board and shall 10 exercise the powers and perform the duties in relation to the adminis- 11 tration of this chapter heretofore vested in the commissioner of labor 12 by chapter fifty of the laws of nineteen hundred twenty-one, and acts 13 amendatory thereof, and by this chapter excepting article six thereof, 14 and except in so far as such powers and duties are vested by this chap- 15 ter in the workers' compensation board. The chairman shall preside at 16 all meetings of the board and shall appoint all committees and panels of 17 the board; shall designate the times and places for the hearing of 18 claims under this chapter and shall perform all administrative functions 19 of the board as in this chapter set forth. The chairman, in the name of 20 the board, shall enforce all the provisions of this chapter, and may 21 make administrative regulations and orders providing for the receipt, 22 indexing and examining of all notices, claims and reports, for the 23 giving of notice of hearings and of decisions, for certifying of 24 records, for the fixing of the times and places for the hearing of 25 claims, and for providing for the conduct of hearings and establishing 26 of calendar practice to the extent not inconsistent with the rules of 27 the board. The chairman shall issue and may revoke certificates of 28 authorization of physicians, chiropractors and podiatrists as provided 29 in sections thirteen-a, thirteen-k and thirteen-1 of this chapter, and 30 licenses for medical bureaus and x-ray and other laboratories under the 31 provisions of section thirteen-c of this chapter, and shall have and 32 exercise all powers not otherwise provided for herein in relation to the 33 administration of this chapter heretofore expressly conferred upon the 34 commissioner of labor by any of the provisions of this chapter, or of 35 the labor law. The chairman, on behalf of the workers' compensation ____________________________________________________ 36 board, shall enter into the agreement provided for in section one ________________________________________________________________________ 37 hundred seventy-one-h of the tax law, and shall take such other actions ________________________________________________________________________ 38 as may be necessary to carry out the agreement provided for in such ________________________________________________________________________ 39 section for matching beneficiary records of workers' compensation with ________________________________________________________________________ 40 information provided by employers to the state directory of new hires ________________________________________________________________________ 41 for the purposes of verifying eligibility for such benefits and for ________________________________________________________________________ 42 administering workers' compensation. ____________________________________ 43  20. Paragraph 1 of subdivision (a) of section 5241 of the civil 44 practice law and rules, as amended by chapter 327 of the laws of 1988, 45 is amended to read as follows: 46 1. "Order of support" means any temporary or final order, judgment, 47 agreement or stipulation incorporated by reference in such judgment or 48 decree in a matrimonial action or family court proceeding, or any 49 foreign support order, judgment or decree, registered pursuant to 50 [section thirty-seven-a of the domestic relations law] article five-B of _________________ 51 the family court act which directs the payment of alimony, maintenance, ____________________ 52 support or child support. 53  21. Paragraph 6 of subdivision (a) of section 5241 of the civil 54 practice law and rules, as added by chapter 809 of the laws of 1985, is 55 amended to read as follows: S. 5771 17 1 6. "Income" includes any earned, unearned, taxable or non-taxable 2 income, benefits, or periodic or lump sum payment due to an individual, ________________________________________________________________ 3 regardless of source, including wages, salaries, commissions, bonuses, ________________________________________________________________________ 4 workers' compensation, disability benefits, unemployment insurance bene- 5 fits [and], payments pursuant to a public or private pension or retire- _____________________________________________________________ 6 ment program, federal social security benefits as defined in 42 U.S.C. _____________ 7 section 662(f) (2), and interest, but excluding public assistance bene- _____________ 8 fits paid pursuant to the social services law and federal supplemental 9 security income. 10  22. Paragraph 9 of subdivision (a) of section 5241 of the civil 11 practice law and rules, as added by chapter 809 of the laws of 1985, is 12 amended to read as follows: 13 9. "Support collection unit" means any support collection unit estab- 14 lished by a social services district pursuant to the provisions of 15 section one hundred eleven-h of the social services law [, or a local 16 public agency where such agency is responsible for the performance of 17 all the functions of the support collection unit pursuant to an agree- 18 ment under the provisions of section one hundred eleven-h of the social 19 services law]. 20  23. Subdivision (a) of section 5241 of the civil practice law and 21 rules is amended by adding a new paragraph 12 to read as follows: 22 12. "Business day" means a day on which state offices are open for ______________________________________________________________________ 23 regular business. _________________ 24  24. Subparagraph (v) of paragraph 1 of subdivision (c) of section 25 5241 of the civil practice law and rules, as amended by chapter 59 of 26 the laws of 1993, is amended to read as follows: 27 (v) a notice that the employer or income payor must commence 28 deductions no later than the first pay period that occurs after fourteen 29 days following the service of the execution and that payment must be 30 remitted within [ten] seven business days of the date that the debtor ______________ 31 paid; 32  25. Subparagraph (ix) of paragraph 1 of subdivision (c) of section 33 5241 of the civil practice law and rules, as amended by chapter 59 of 34 the laws of 1993, is amended to read as follows: 35 (ix) a notice that an employer must notify the issuer promptly when 36 the debtor terminates employment and provide the debtor's last address 37 and the name and address of the new employer, if known[.]; _ 38  26. Paragraph 1 of subdivision (c) of section 5241 of the civil 39 practice law and rules is amended by adding two new subparagraphs (x) 40 and (xi) to read as follows: 41 (x) a notice that when an employer receives an income withholding ______________________________________________________________________ 42 instrument issued by another state, the employer shall apply the income ________________________________________________________________________ 43 withholding law of the state of the debtor's principal place of employ- ________________________________________________________________________ 44 ment in determining: ____________________ 45 (A) the employer's fee for processing income withholding; _________________________________________________________ 46 (B) the maximum amount permitted to be withheld from the debtor's ______________________________________________________________________ 47 income; _______ 48 (C) the time periods within which the employer must implement the ______________________________________________________________________ 49 income withholding and forward the child support payment; _________________________________________________________ 50 (D) the priorities for withholding and allocating income withheld for ______________________________________________________________________ 51 multiple child support creditors; and _____________________________________ 52 (E) any withholding terms or conditions not specified in the withhold- ______________________________________________________________________ 53 ing instrument; and ___________________ 54 (xi) a notice that an employer who complies with an income withholding ______________________________________________________________________ 55 notice that is regular on its face shall not be subject to civil liabil- ________________________________________________________________________ S. 5771 18 1 ity to any individual or agency for conduct in compliance with the ________________________________________________________________________ 2 notice. _______ 3  27. Paragraph 1 of subdivision (g) of section 5241 of the civil 4 practice law and rules, as amended by chapter 59 of the laws of 1993, 5 subparagraph (ii) as amended by chapter 170 of the laws of 1994, is 6 amended to read as follows: 7 (1) An employer or income payor served with an income execution shall 8 commence deductions from income due or thereafter due to the debtor no 9 later than the first pay period that occurs fourteen days after service 10 of the execution, and shall remit payments to the creditor within [ten] 11 seven business days of the date that the debtor is paid. Each payment ______________ 12 remitted by an employer or income payor shall include, in addition to 13 the identity and social security number of the debtor, the date and 14 amount of each withholding of the debtor's income included in the 15 payment. [An employer or income payor shall be liable to the creditor 16 for failure to deduct the amounts specified, provided however that 17 deduction of the amounts specified by the employer or income payor shall 18 not relieve the debtor of the underlying obligation of support. If such 19 person shall fail to so pay the creditor, the creditor may commence a 20 proceeding against him or her for accrued deductions, together with 21 interest and reasonable attorney's fees.] If the money due to the 22 debtor consists of salary or wages and his or her employment is termi- 23 nated by resignation or dismissal at any time after service of the 24 execution, the levy shall thereafter be ineffective, and the execution 25 shall be returned, unless the debtor is reinstated or re-employed within 26 ninety days after such termination. An employer must notify the issuer 27 promptly when the debtor terminates employment and provide the debtor's 28 last address and name and address of the new employer, if known. Where 29 the income is compensation paid or payable to the debtor for personal 30 services, the amount of the deductions to be withheld shall not exceed 31 the following: 32 (i) Where a debtor is currently supporting a spouse or dependent child 33 other than the creditor, the amount of the deductions to be withheld 34 shall not exceed fifty percent of the earnings of the debtor remaining 35 after the deduction therefrom of any amounts required by law to be with- 36 held ("disposable earnings"), except that if any part of such deduction 37 is to be applied to the reduction of arrears which shall have accrued 38 more than twelve weeks prior to the beginning of the week for which such 39 earnings are payable, the amount of such deduction shall not exceed 40 fifty-five percent of disposable earnings. 41 (ii) Where a debtor is not currently supporting a spouse or dependent 42 child other than the creditor, the amount of the deductions to be with- 43 held shall not exceed sixty percent of the earnings of the debtor 44 remaining after the deduction therefrom of any amounts required by law 45 to be withheld ("disposable earnings"), except that if any part of such 46 deduction is to be applied to the reduction of arrears which shall have 47 accrued more than twelve weeks prior to the beginning of the week for 48 which such earnings are payable, the amount of such deduction shall not 49 exceed sixty-five percent of disposable earnings. 50  28. Subdivision (g) of section 5241 of the civil practice law and 51 rules is amended by adding a new paragraph 2 to read as follows: 52 (2) (A) An employer or income payor served with an income execution ______________________________________________________________________ 53 in accordance with paragraph one of this subdivision shall be liable to ________________________________________________________________________ 54 the creditor for failure to deduct the amounts specified. The creditor ________________________________________________________________________ 55 may commence a proceeding against the employer or income payor for ________________________________________________________________________ S. 5771 19 1 accrued deductions, together with interest and reasonable attorney's ________________________________________________________________________ 2 fees. _____ 3 (B) An employer or income payor served with an income execution in ______________________________________________________________________ 4 accordance with paragraph one of this subdivision shall be liable to the ________________________________________________________________________ 5 creditor and the debtor for failure to remit any amounts which have been ________________________________________________________________________ 6 deducted as directed by the income execution. Either party may commence ________________________________________________________________________ 7 a proceeding against the employer or income payor for accrued ________________________________________________________________________ 8 deductions, together with interest and reasonable attorney's fees. __________________________________________________________________ 9 (C) The actions of the employer or income payor in deducting or fail- ______________________________________________________________________ 10 ing to deduct amounts specified by an income execution shall not relieve ________________________________________________________________________ 11 the debtor of the underlying obligation of support. ___________________________________________________ 12 (D) In addition to the remedies herein provided, upon a finding by ______________________________________________________________________ 13 the family court that the employer or income payor failed to deduct or ________________________________________________________________________ 14 remit deductions as specified in the income execution, the court shall ________________________________________________________________________ 15 issue to the employer or income payor an order directing compliance and ________________________________________________________________________ 16 may direct the payment of a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars for ________________________________________________________________________ 17 the first instance and one thousand dollars per instance for the second ________________________________________________________________________ 18 and subsequent instances of employer or income payor noncompliance. ___________________________________________________________________ 19  29. Subdivision 1 of section 5252 of the civil practice law and 20 rules, as amended by chapter 809 of the laws of 1985, is amended to read 21 as follows: 22 1. No employer shall discharge, lay off, refuse to promote, or disci- ____________________ 23 pline an employee, or refuse to hire a prospective employee, because one _ 24 or more wage assignments or income executions have been served upon such 25 employer or a former employer against the employee's or prospective 26 employee's wages or because of the pendency of any action or judgment 27 against such employee or prospective employee for nonpayment of any 28 alleged contractual obligation. In addition to being subject to the ______________________________________ 29 civil action authorized in subdivision two of this section, where any ________________________________________________________________________ 30 employer discharges, lays off, refuses to promote or disciplines an ________________________________________________________________________ 31 employee or refuses to hire a prospective employee because of the exist- ________________________________________________________________________ 32 ence of one or more income executions and/or income deduction orders ________________________________________________________________________ 33 issued pursuant to section fifty-two hundred forty-one or fifty-two ________________________________________________________________________ 34 hundred forty-two of this article, the court may direct the payment of a ________________________________________________________________________ 35 fine not to exceed five hundred dollars for the first instance and one ________________________________________________________________________ 36 thousand dollars per instance for the second and subsequent instances of ________________________________________________________________________ 37 employer or income payor discrimination. ________________________________________ 38  30. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 15 of the domestic 39 relations law, as amended by chapter 102 of the laws of 1965 and as 40 designated by chapter 583 of the laws of 1985, is amended to read as 41 follows: 42 (a) It shall be the duty of the town or city clerk when an applica- 43 tion for a marriage license is made to him or her to require each of the ______ 44 contracting parties to sign and verify a statement or affidavit before 45 such clerk or one of his or her deputies, containing the following ______ 46 information. From the groom: Full name of husband, place of residence, 47 social security number, age, occupation, place of birth, name of father, _______________________ 48 country of birth, maiden name of mother, country of birth, number of 49 marriage. From the bride: Full name of bride, place of residence, 50 social security number, age, occupation, place of birth, name of father, _______________________ 51 country of birth, maiden name of mother, country of birth, number of 52 marriage. The said clerk shall also embody in the statement if either 53 or both of the applicants have been previously married, a statement as 54 to whether the former husband or husbands or the former wife or wives of 55 the respective applicants are living or dead and as to whether either or 56 both of said applicants are divorced persons, if so, when and where and S. 5771 20 1 against whom the divorce or divorces were granted and shall also embody 2 therein a statement that no legal impediment exists as to the right of 3 each of the applicants to enter into the marriage state. The town or 4 city clerk is hereby given full power and authority to administer oaths 5 and may require the applicants to produce witnesses to identify them or 6 either of them and may examine under oath or otherwise other witnesses 7 as to any material inquiry pertaining to the issuing of the license, and 8 if the applicant is a divorced person the clerk may also require the 9 production of a certified copy of the decree of the divorce, or proof of 10 an existing marriage of parties who apply for a license to be used for a 11 second or subsequent ceremony; provided, however, that in cities of the 12 first class the verified statements and affidavits may be made before 13 any regular clerk of the city clerk's office designated for that purpose 14 by the city clerk. 15  31. Section 240-a of the domestic relations law, as amended by 16 chapter 583 of the laws of 1985, is amended to read as follows: 17  240-a. Judgment or decree; additional provision. In any action or 18 proceeding brought under the provisions of this chapter wherein all or 19 part of the relief granted is divorce or annulment of a marriage any 20 interlocutory or final judgment or decree shall contain, as a part ther- 21 eof, the social security numbers of the named parties in the action or __________________________________________________________________ 22 proceeding, as well as a provision that each party may resume the use of ______________________ 23 his or her premarriage surname or any other former surname. 24  32. Section 523 of the family court act, as amended by chapter 818 25 of the laws of 1990, is amended to read as follows: 26  523. Petition. Proceedings are commenced by the filing of a veri- 27 fied petition, alleging that the person named as respondent, or the 28 petitioner if the petitioner is a person alleging to be the child's 29 father, is the father of the child and petitioning the court to issue a 30 summons or a warrant, requiring the respondent to show cause why the 31 court should not enter a declaration of paternity, an order of support, 32 and such other and further relief as may be appropriate under the 33 circumstances. The petition shall be in writing and verified by the 34 petitioner. Any such petition for the establishment of paternity or the 35 establishment, modification and/or enforcement of a child support obli- 36 gation for persons not in receipt of [aid to dependent children] family ______ 37 assistance, which contains a request for child support enforcement __________ 38 services completed in a manner as specified in section one hundred 39 eleven-g of the social services law, shall constitute an application for 40 such services. 41  33. Subdivision (a) of section 542 of the family court act, as 42 amended by chapter 354 of the laws of 1993, is amended to read as 43 follows: 44 (a) If the court finds the male party is the father of the child, it 45 shall make an order of filiation, declaring paternity. Such order shall ________________ 46 contain the social security number of the declared father. __________________________________________________________ 47  34. Subdivision 2 of section 4139 of the public health law, as 48 amended by chapter 644 of the laws of 1988, is amended to read as 49 follows: 50 2. Such certificates shall contain the names and addresses of the 51 attorneys for the parties thereto, the names, social security numbers _________________________ 52 and addresses of the parties to the action, and such other information 53 as prescribed by the commissioner, including but not limited to such 54 information as may be requested by the federal agency in charge of vital 55 statistics. S. 5771 21 1  35. Subdivision 1 of section 4141 of the public health law is 2 amended to read as follows: 3 1. The certificate of death shall contain such information, including ___________ 4 but not limited to the decedent's social security number, and shall be ___________________________________________________________ 5 in such form as the commissioner may prescribe. 6  36. Article 3-A of the domestic relations law is REPEALED. 7  37. The family court act is amended by adding a new article 5-B to 8 read as follows: 9 ARTICLE 5-B ___________ 10 UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT _____________________________________ 11 Part 1. General provisions. ___________________________ 12 Section 580-101. Definitions. _____________________________ 13 Section 580-102. Tribunal of state. ___________________________________ 14 Section 580-103. Remedies cumulative. _____________________________________ 15 Part 2. Jurisdiction. _____________________ 16 Part 2.A. Extended personal jurisdiction. _________________________________________ 17 Section 580-201. Bases for jurisdiction over nonresident. _________________________________________________________ 18 Section 580-202. Procedure when exercising jurisdiction over ________________________________________________________________ 19 nonresident. ____________ 20 Part 2.B. Proceedings involving two or more states. ___________________________________________________ 21 Section 580-203. Initiating and responding tribunal of state. _____________________________________________________________ 22 Section 580-204. Simultaneous proceedings in another state. ___________________________________________________________ 23 Section 580-205. Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction. ____________________________________________________ 24 Section 580-206. Enforcement and modification of support order ________________________________________________________________ 25 by tribunal having continuing jurisdiction. ___________________________________________ 26 Part 2.C. Reconciliation of multiple orders. ____________________________________________ 27 Section 580-207. Recognition of controlling child support order. ________________________________________________________________ 28 Section 580-208. Multiple child support orders for two or more ________________________________________________________________ 29 obligees. _________ 30 Section 580-209. Credit for payments. _____________________________________ 31 Part 3. Civil provisions of general application. ________________________________________________ 32 Section 580-301. Proceedings under article. ___________________________________________ 33 Section 580-302. Action by minor parent. ________________________________________ 34 Section 580-303. Application of law of state. _____________________________________________ 35 Section 580-304. Duties of initiating tribunal. _______________________________________________ 36 Section 580-305. Duties and powers of responding tribunal. __________________________________________________________ 37 Section 580-306. Inappropriate tribunal. ________________________________________ 38 Section 580-307. Duties of support enforcement agency. ______________________________________________________ 39 Section 580-308. Duty of attorney general. __________________________________________ 40 Section 580-309. Private counsel. _________________________________ 41 Section 580-310. Duties of state information agency. ____________________________________________________ 42 Section 580-311. Pleadings and accompanying documents. ______________________________________________________ 43 Section 580-312. Nondisclosure of information in exceptional ________________________________________________________________ 44 circumstances. ______________ 45 Section 580-313. Costs and fees. ________________________________ 46 Section 580-314. Limited immunity of petitioner. ________________________________________________ 47 Section 580-315. Nonparentage as defense. _________________________________________ 48 Section 580-316. Special rules of evidence and procedure. _________________________________________________________ 49 Section 580-317. Communications between tribunals. __________________________________________________ 50 Section 580-318. Assistance with discovery. ___________________________________________ 51 Section 580-319. Receipt and disbursement of payments. ______________________________________________________ 52 Part 4. Establishment of support order. _______________________________________ 53 Section 580-401. Petition to establish support order. _____________________________________________________ 54 Part 5. Enforcement of order of another state without registration. ___________________________________________________________________ 55 Section 580-501. Employer's receipt of income-withholding order ________________________________________________________________ 56 of another state. _________________ S. 5771 22 1 Section 580-502. Employer's compliance with income-withholding ________________________________________________________________ 2 order of another state. _______________________ 3 Section 580-503. Employer's compliance with multiple income- ________________________________________________________________ 4 withholding orders. ___________________ 5 Section 580-504. Immunity from civil liability. _______________________________________________ 6 Section 580-505. Penalties for noncompliance. _____________________________________________ 7 Section 580-506. Contest by obligor. ____________________________________ 8 Section 580-507. Administrative enforcement of orders. ______________________________________________________ 9 Part 6. Enforcement and modification of support order after registra- ________________________________________________________________________ 10 tion. _____ 11 Part 6.A. Registration and enforcement of support order. ________________________________________________________ 12 Section 580-601. Registration of order for enforcement. _______________________________________________________ 13 Section 580-602. Procedure to register order for enforcement. _____________________________________________________________ 14 Section 580-603. Effect of registration for enforcement. ________________________________________________________ 15 Section 580-604. Choice of law. _______________________________ 16 Part 6.B. Contest of validity or enforcement. _____________________________________________ 17 Section 580-605. Notice of registration of order. _________________________________________________ 18 Section 580-606. Procedure to contest validity or enforcement of ________________________________________________________________ 19 registered order. _________________ 20 Section 580-607. Contest of registration or enforcement. ________________________________________________________ 21 Section 580-608. Confirmed order. _________________________________ 22 Part 6.C. Registration and modification of child support order. _______________________________________________________________ 23 Section 580-609. Procedure to register child support order of ________________________________________________________________ 24 another state for modification. _______________________________ 25 Section 580-610. Effect of registration for modification. _________________________________________________________ 26 Section 580-611. Modification of child support order of another ________________________________________________________________ 27 state. ______ 28 Section 580-612. Recognition of order modified in another state. ________________________________________________________________ 29 Section 580-613. Jurisdiction to enforce or modify child support ________________________________________________________________ 30 order of another state when individual ___________________________________________ 31 parties reside in this state. _____________________________ 32 Section 580-614. Notice to issuing tribunal of modification. ____________________________________________________________ 33 Part 7. Determination of parentage. ___________________________________ 34 Section 580-701. Proceeding to determine parentage. ___________________________________________________ 35 Part 8. Interstate rendition. _____________________________ 36 Section 580-801. Grounds for rendition. _______________________________________ 37 Section 580-802. Conditions of rendition. _________________________________________ 38 Part 9. Miscellaneous provisions. _________________________________ 39 Section 580-901. Uniformity of application and construction. ____________________________________________________________ 40 Section 580-902. Short title. _____________________________ 41 Section 580-903. Severability clause. _____________________________________ 42 Section 580-904. Effective date. ________________________________ 43 Section 580-905. Repeals. _________________________ 44 Part 1. General provisions. ___________________________ 45  580-101. Definitions. In this article: _________________________________________ 46 (1) "Child" means an individual, whether over or under the age of ______________________________________________________________________ 47 majority, who is or is alleged to be owed a duty of support by the indi- ________________________________________________________________________ 48 vidual's parent or who is or is alleged to be the beneficiary of a ________________________________________________________________________ 49 support order directed to the parent. _____________________________________ 50 (2) "Child support order" means a support order for a child, including ______________________________________________________________________ 51 a child who has attained the age of majority under the law of the issu- ________________________________________________________________________ 52 ing state. __________ 53 (3) "Duty of support" means an obligation imposed or imposable by law ______________________________________________________________________ 54 to provide support for a child, spouse, or former spouse, including an ________________________________________________________________________ 55 unsatisfied obligation to provide support. __________________________________________ S. 5771 23 1 (4) "Home state" means the state in which a child lived with a parent ______________________________________________________________________ 2 or a person acting as parent for at least six consecutive months imme- ________________________________________________________________________ 3 diately preceding the time of filing of a petition or comparable plead- ________________________________________________________________________ 4 ing for support and, if a child is less than six months old, the state ________________________________________________________________________ 5 in which the child lived from birth with any of them. A period of ________________________________________________________________________ 6 temporary absence of any of them is counted as part of the six-month or ________________________________________________________________________ 7 other period. _____________ 8 (5) "Income" includes earnings or other periodic entitlements to money ______________________________________________________________________ 9 from any source and any other property subject to withholding for ________________________________________________________________________ 10 support as defined by section five thousand two hundred forty-one of the ________________________________________________________________________ 11 civil practice law and rules. _____________________________ 12 (6) "Income withholding order" means an order or other legal process ______________________________________________________________________ 13 directed to an obligor's employer or other income payor, as defined by ________________________________________________________________________ 14 section five thousand two hundred forty-one or five thousand two hundred ________________________________________________________________________ 15 forty-two of the civil practice law and rules to withhold support from ________________________________________________________________________ 16 the income of the obligor. __________________________ 17 (7) "Initiating state" means a state from which a proceeding is ______________________________________________________________________ 18 forwarded or in which a proceeding is filed for forwarding to a respond- ________________________________________________________________________ 19 ing state under this article or a law or procedure substantially similar ________________________________________________________________________ 20 to this article, the Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act, or ________________________________________________________________________ 21 the Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act. __________________________________________________________ 22 (8) "Initiating tribunal" means the authorized tribunal in an initiat- ______________________________________________________________________ 23 ing state. __________ 24 (9) "Issuing state" means the state in which a tribunal issues a ______________________________________________________________________ 25 support order or renders a judgment determining parentage. __________________________________________________________ 26 (10) "Issuing tribunal" means the tribunal that issues a support order ______________________________________________________________________ 27 or renders a judgment determining parentage. ____________________________________________ 28 (11) "Law" includes decisional and statutory law and rules and regu- ______________________________________________________________________ 29 lations having the force of law. ________________________________ 30 (12) "Obligee" means: _____________________ 31 (i) an individual to whom a duty of support is or is alleged to be ______________________________________________________________________ 32 owed or in whose favor a support order has been issued or a judgment ________________________________________________________________________ 33 determining parentage has been rendered; ________________________________________ 34 (ii) a state or political subdivision to which the rights under a duty ______________________________________________________________________ 35 of support or support order have been assigned or which has independent ________________________________________________________________________ 36 claims based on financial assistance provided to an individual obligee; ________________________________________________________________________ 37 or __ 38 (iii) an individual seeking a judgment determining parentage of the ______________________________________________________________________ 39 individual's child. ___________________ 40 (13) "Obligor" means an individual, or the estate of a decedent: ________________________________________________________________ 41 (i) who owes or is alleged to owe a duty of support; ____________________________________________________ 42 (ii) who is alleged but has not been adjudicated to be a parent of a ______________________________________________________________________ 43 child; or _________ 44 (iii) who is liable under a support order. __________________________________________ 45 (14) "Register" means to file a support order or judgment determining ______________________________________________________________________ 46 parentage in the tribunal. __________________________ 47 (15) "Registering tribunal" means a tribunal in which a support order ______________________________________________________________________ 48 is registered. ______________ 49 (16) "Responding state" means a state in which a proceeding is filed ______________________________________________________________________ 50 or to which a proceeding is forwarded for filing from an initiating ________________________________________________________________________ 51 state under this article, or a law or procedure substantially similar to ________________________________________________________________________ 52 this article, the Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act, or the ________________________________________________________________________ 53 Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act. ______________________________________________________ 54 (17) "Responding tribunal" means the authorized tribunal in a respond- ______________________________________________________________________ 55 ing state. __________ S. 5771 24 1 (18) "Spousal support order" means a support order for a spouse or ______________________________________________________________________ 2 former spouse of the obligor. _____________________________ 3 (19) "State" means a state of the United States, the District of ______________________________________________________________________ 4 Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands or any territory ________________________________________________________________________ 5 or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. ________________________________________________________________________ 6 The term includes: (i) an Indian tribe; and (ii) a foreign jurisdiction ________________________________________________________________________ 7 that has enacted a law or established procedures for issuance and ________________________________________________________________________ 8 enforcement of support orders which are substantially similar to the ________________________________________________________________________ 9 procedures under this article, the Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of ________________________________________________________________________ 10 Support Act, or the Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support ________________________________________________________________________ 11 Act. ____ 12 (20) "Support enforcement agency" means a public official or agency ______________________________________________________________________ 13 authorized to seek: ___________________ 14 (i) enforcement of support orders or laws relating to the duty of ______________________________________________________________________ 15 support; ________ 16 (ii) establishment or modification of child support; ____________________________________________________ 17 (iii) determination of parentage; or ____________________________________ 18 (iv) to locate obligors or their assets. ________________________________________ 19 (21) "Support order" means a judgment, decree, or order, whether ______________________________________________________________________ 20 temporary, final, or subject to modification, for the benefit of a ________________________________________________________________________ 21 child, a spouse, or a former spouse, which provides for monetary ________________________________________________________________________ 22 support, health care, arrearages, or reimbursement, and may include ________________________________________________________________________ 23 related costs and fees, interest, income withholding, attorney's fees, ________________________________________________________________________ 24 and other relief. _________________ 25 (22) "Tribunal" means a court, administrative agency, or quasi-judi- ______________________________________________________________________ 26 cial entity authorized to establish, enforce, or modify support orders ________________________________________________________________________ 27 or to determine parentage. __________________________ 28  580-102. Tribunal of state. The family court is the tribunal of this ______________________________________________________________________ 29 state. ______ 30  580-103. Remedies cumulative. Remedies provided by this article are ______________________________________________________________________ 31 cumulative and do not affect the availability of remedies under other ________________________________________________________________________ 32 law. ____ 33 Part 2. Jurisdiction. _____________________ 34 Part 2. A. Extended personal jurisdiction. __________________________________________ 35  580-201. Bases for jurisdiction over nonresident. In a proceeding ______________________________________________________________________ 36 to establish, enforce, or modify a support order or to determine parent- ________________________________________________________________________ 37 age, the tribunal of this state may exercise personal jurisdiction over ________________________________________________________________________ 38 a nonresident individual or the individual's guardian or conservator if: ________________________________________________________________________ 39 (1) the individual is personally served with a summons and petition ______________________________________________________________________ 40 within this state; __________________ 41 (2) the individual submits to the jurisdiction of this state by ______________________________________________________________________ 42 consent, by entering a general appearance, or by filing a responsive ________________________________________________________________________ 43 document having the effect of waiving any contest to personal jurisdic- ________________________________________________________________________ 44 tion; _____ 45 (3) the individual resided with the child in this state; ________________________________________________________ 46 (4) the individual resided in this state and provided prenatal ______________________________________________________________________ 47 expenses or support for the child; __________________________________ 48 (5) the child resides in this state as a result of the acts or direc- ______________________________________________________________________ 49 tives of the individual; ________________________ 50 (6) the individual engaged in sexual intercourse in this state and the ______________________________________________________________________ 51 child may have been conceived by that act of intercourse; _________________________________________________________ 52 (7) the individual asserted parentage in the putative father registry ______________________________________________________________________ 53 maintained in this state by the department of social services; or _________________________________________________________________ 54 (8) there is any other basis consistent with the constitutions of this ______________________________________________________________________ 55 state and the United States for the exercise of personal jurisdiction. ______________________________________________________________________ S. 5771 25 1  580-202. Procedure when exercising jurisdiction over nonresident. A ______________________________________________________________________ 2 tribunal of this state exercising personal jurisdiction over a nonresi- ________________________________________________________________________ 3 dent under section 580-201 may apply section 580-316 (special rules of ________________________________________________________________________ 4 evidence and procedure) to receive evidence from another state, and ________________________________________________________________________ 5 section 580-318 (assistance with discovery) to obtain discovery through ________________________________________________________________________ 6 a tribunal of another state. In all other respects, parts three through ________________________________________________________________________ 7 seven do not apply and the tribunal shall apply the procedural and ________________________________________________________________________ 8 substantive law of this state, including the rules on choice of law ________________________________________________________________________ 9 other than those established by this article. _____________________________________________ 10 Part 2. B. Proceedings involving two or more states. ____________________________________________________ 11  580-203. Initiating and responding tribunal of state. Under this ______________________________________________________________________ 12 article, a tribunal of this state may serve as an initiating tribunal to ________________________________________________________________________ 13 forward proceedings to another state and as a responding tribunal for ________________________________________________________________________ 14 proceedings initiated in another state. _______________________________________ 15  580-204. Simultaneous proceedings in another state. (a) A tribunal ______________________________________________________________________ 16 of this state may exercise jurisdiction to establish a support order if ________________________________________________________________________ 17 the petition or comparable pleading is filed after a pleading is filed ________________________________________________________________________ 18 in another state only if: _________________________ 19 (1) the petition or comparable pleading in this state is filed before ______________________________________________________________________ 20 the expiration of the time allowed in the other state for filing a ________________________________________________________________________ 21 responsive pleading challenging the exercise of jurisdiction by the ________________________________________________________________________ 22 other state; ____________ 23 (2) the contesting party timely challenges the exercise of jurisdic- ______________________________________________________________________ 24 tion in the other state; and ____________________________ 25 (3) if relevant, this state is the home state of the child. ___________________________________________________________ 26 (b) The tribunal of this state may not exercise jurisdiction to estab- ______________________________________________________________________ 27 lish a support order if the petition or comparable pleading is filed ________________________________________________________________________ 28 before a petition or comparable pleading is filed in another state if: ______________________________________________________________________ 29 (1) the petition or comparable pleading in the other state is filed ______________________________________________________________________ 30 before the expiration of the time allowed in this state for filing a ________________________________________________________________________ 31 responsive pleading challenging the exercise of jurisdiction by this ________________________________________________________________________ 32 state; ______ 33 (2) the contesting party timely challenges the exercise of jurisdic- ______________________________________________________________________ 34 tion in this state; and _______________________ 35 (3) if relevant, the other state is the home state of the child. ________________________________________________________________ 36  580-205. Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction. (a) A tribunal of this ______________________________________________________________________ 37 state issuing a support order consistent with the law of this state has ________________________________________________________________________ 38 continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over a child support order: ______________________________________________________________ 39 (1) as long as this state remains the residence of the obligor, the ______________________________________________________________________ 40 individual obligee, or the child for whose benefit the support order is ________________________________________________________________________ 41 issued; or __________ 42 (2) until all of the parties who are individuals have filed written ______________________________________________________________________ 43 consents with the tribunal of this state for a tribunal of another state ________________________________________________________________________ 44 to modify the order and assume continuing, exclusive jurisdiction. __________________________________________________________________ 45 (b) A tribunal of this state issuing a child-support order consistent ______________________________________________________________________ 46 with the law of this state may not exercise its continuing jurisdiction ________________________________________________________________________ 47 to modify the order if the order has been modified by a tribunal of ________________________________________________________________________ 48 another state pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act ________________________________________________________________________ 49 (UIFSA) or a law substantially similar to UIFSA. ________________________________________________ 50 (c) If a child-support order of this state is modified by a tribunal ______________________________________________________________________ 51 of another state pursuant to UIFSA or a law substantially similar to ________________________________________________________________________ 52 UIFSA, a tribunal of this state loses its continuing, exclusive juris- ________________________________________________________________________ 53 diction with regard to prospective enforcement of the order issued in ________________________________________________________________________ 54 this state, and may only: _________________________ 55 (1) enforce the order that was modified as to amounts accruing before ______________________________________________________________________ 56 the modification; _________________ S. 5771 26 1 (2) enforce nonmodifiable aspects of that order; and ____________________________________________________ 2 (3) provide other appropriate relief for violations of that order ______________________________________________________________________ 3 which occurred before the effective date of the modification. _____________________________________________________________ 4 (d) A tribunal of this state shall recognize the continuing, exclusive ______________________________________________________________________ 5 jurisdiction of a tribunal of another state which has issued a child ________________________________________________________________________ 6 support order pursuant to UIFSA or a law substantially similar to UIFSA. ________________________________________________________________________ 7 (e) A temporary support order issued ex parte or pending resolution of ______________________________________________________________________ 8 a jurisdictional conflict does not create continuing, exclusive juris- ________________________________________________________________________ 9 diction in the issuing tribunal. ________________________________ 10 (f) A tribunal of this state issuing a support order consistent with ______________________________________________________________________ 11 the law of this state has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over a ________________________________________________________________________ 12 spousal support order throughout the existence of the support obli- ________________________________________________________________________ 13 gation. A tribunal of this state may not modify a spousal support order ________________________________________________________________________ 14 issued by a tribunal of another state having continuing, exclusive ________________________________________________________________________ 15 jurisdiction over that order under the law of that state. _________________________________________________________ 16  580-206. Enforcement and modification of support order by tribunal ______________________________________________________________________ 17 having continuing jurisdiction. (a) A tribunal of this state may serve ________________________________________________________________________ 18 as an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to ________________________________________________________________________ 19 enforce or modify a support order issued in that state. _______________________________________________________ 20 (b) A tribunal of this state having continuing, exclusive jurisdiction ______________________________________________________________________ 21 over a support order may act as a responding tribunal to enforce or ________________________________________________________________________ 22 modify the order. If a party subject to the continuing, exclusive ________________________________________________________________________ 23 jurisdiction of the tribunal no longer resides in the issuing state, in ________________________________________________________________________ 24 subsequent proceedings the tribunal may apply section 580-316 (special ________________________________________________________________________ 25 rules of evidence and procedure) to receive evidence from another state ________________________________________________________________________ 26 and section 580-318 (assistance with discovery) to obtain discovery ________________________________________________________________________ 27 through a tribunal of another state. ____________________________________ 28 (c) A tribunal of this state which lacks continuing, exclusive juris- ______________________________________________________________________ 29 diction over a spousal support order may not serve as a responding ________________________________________________________________________ 30 tribunal to modify a spousal support order of another state. ____________________________________________________________ 31 Part 2.C. Reconciliation of multiple orders. ____________________________________________ 32  580-207. Recognition of controlling child support order. (a) If a ______________________________________________________________________ 33 proceeding is brought under this article and only one tribunal has ________________________________________________________________________ 34 issued a child support order, the order of that tribunal controls and ________________________________________________________________________ 35 must be so recognized. ______________________ 36 (b) If a proceeding is brought under this article, and two or more ______________________________________________________________________ 37 child support orders have been issued by tribunals of this state or ________________________________________________________________________ 38 another state with regard to the same obligor and child, a tribunal of ________________________________________________________________________ 39 this state shall apply the following rules in determining which order to ________________________________________________________________________ 40 recognize for purposes of continuing, exclusive jurisdiction: _____________________________________________________________ 41 (1) If only one of the tribunals would have continuing, exclusive ______________________________________________________________________ 42 jurisdiction under this article, the order of that tribunal controls and ________________________________________________________________________ 43 must be so recognized. ______________________ 44 (2) If more than one of the tribunals would have continuing, exclusive ______________________________________________________________________ 45 jurisdiction under this article, an order issued by a tribunal in the ________________________________________________________________________ 46 current home state of the child controls and must be so recognized, but ________________________________________________________________________ 47 if an order has not been issued in the current home state of the child, ________________________________________________________________________ 48 the order most recently issued controls and must be so recognized. __________________________________________________________________ 49 (3) If none of the tribunals would have continuing, exclusive juris- ______________________________________________________________________ 50 diction under this article, the tribunal of this state having jurisdic- ________________________________________________________________________ 51 tion over the parties shall issue a child-support order which controls ________________________________________________________________________ 52 and must be so recognized. __________________________ 53 (c) If two or more child support orders have been issued for the same ______________________________________________________________________ 54 obligor and child and if the obligor or the individual obligee resides ________________________________________________________________________ 55 in this state, a party may request a tribunal of this state to determine ________________________________________________________________________ 56 which order controls and must be so recognized under subdivision (b). ________________________________________________________________________ S. 5771 27 1 The request must be accompanied by a certified copy of every support ________________________________________________________________________ 2 order in effect. The requesting party shall give notice of the request ________________________________________________________________________ 3 to each party whose rights may be affected by the determination. ________________________________________________________________ 4 (d) The tribunal that issued the controlling order under subdivision ______________________________________________________________________ 5 (a), (b) or (c) is the tribunal that has continuing, exclusive jurisdic- ________________________________________________________________________ 6 tion under section 580-205. ___________________________ 7 (e) A tribunal of this state which determines by order the identity of ______________________________________________________________________ 8 the controlling order under paragraphs one and two of subdivision (b) of ________________________________________________________________________ 9 this section or which issues a new controlling order under paragraph ________________________________________________________________________ 10 three of subdivision (b) of this section shall state in that order the ________________________________________________________________________ 11 basis upon which the tribunal made its determination. _____________________________________________________ 12 (f) Within thirty days after issuance of an order determining the ______________________________________________________________________ 13 identity of the controlling order, the party obtaining the order shall ________________________________________________________________________ 14 file a certified copy of it with each tribunal that issued or registered ________________________________________________________________________ 15 an earlier order of child support. A party who obtains the order and ________________________________________________________________________ 16 fails to file a certified copy is subject to appropriate sanctions by a ________________________________________________________________________ 17 tribunal in which the issue of failure to file arises. The failure to ________________________________________________________________________ 18 file does not affect the validity or enforceability of the controlling ________________________________________________________________________ 19 order. ______ 20  580-208. Multiple child support orders for two or more obligees. In ______________________________________________________________________ 21 responding to multiple registrations or petitions for enforcement of two ________________________________________________________________________ 22 or more child support orders in effect at the same time with regard to ________________________________________________________________________ 23 the same obligor and different individual obligees, at least one of ________________________________________________________________________ 24 which was issued by a tribunal of another state, a tribunal of this ________________________________________________________________________ 25 state shall enforce those orders in the same manner as if the multiple ________________________________________________________________________ 26 orders had been issued by a tribunal of this state. ___________________________________________________ 27  580-209. Credit for payments. Amounts collected and credited for a ______________________________________________________________________ 28 particular period pursuant to a support order issued by a tribunal of ________________________________________________________________________ 29 another state must be credited against the amounts accruing or accrued ________________________________________________________________________ 30 for the same period under a support order issued by the tribunal of this ________________________________________________________________________ 31 state. ______ 32 Part 3. Civil provisions of general application. ________________________________________________ 33  580-301. Proceedings under article. (a) Except as otherwise ______________________________________________________________________ 34 provided in this article, this part applies to all proceedings under ________________________________________________________________________ 35 this article. _____________ 36 (b) This article provides for the following proceedings: ________________________________________________________ 37 (1) establishment of an order for spousal support or child support ______________________________________________________________________ 38 pursuant to part four; ______________________ 39 (2) enforcement of a support order and income-withholding order of ______________________________________________________________________ 40 another state without registration pursuant to part five; _________________________________________________________ 41 (3) registration of an order for spousal support or child support of ______________________________________________________________________ 42 another state for enforcement pursuant to part six; ___________________________________________________ 43 (4) modification of an order for child support or spousal support ______________________________________________________________________ 44 issued by a tribunal of this state pursuant to part two.B.; ___________________________________________________________ 45 (5) registration of an order for child support of another state for ______________________________________________________________________ 46 modification pursuant to part six; __________________________________ 47 (6) determination of parentage pursuant to part seven; and __________________________________________________________ 48 (7) assertion of jurisdiction over nonresidents pursuant to part ______________________________________________________________________ 49 two.A. ______ 50 (c) An individual petitioner or a support enforcement agency may ______________________________________________________________________ 51 commence a proceeding authorized under this article by filing a petition ________________________________________________________________________ 52 in an initiating tribunal for forwarding to a responding tribunal or by ________________________________________________________________________ 53 filing a petition or a comparable pleading directly in a tribunal of ________________________________________________________________________ 54 another state which has or can obtain personal jurisdiction over the ________________________________________________________________________ 55 respondent. ___________ S. 5771 28 1  580-302. Action by minor parent. A minor parent, or a guardian or ______________________________________________________________________ 2 other legal representative of a minor parent, may maintain a proceeding ________________________________________________________________________ 3 on behalf of or for the benefit of the minor's child. _____________________________________________________ 4  580-303. Application of law of state. Except as otherwise provided ______________________________________________________________________ 5 by this article, a responding tribunal of this state: _____________________________________________________ 6 (1) shall apply the procedural and substantive law, including the ______________________________________________________________________ 7 rules on choice of law, generally applicable to similar proceedings ________________________________________________________________________ 8 originating in this state and may exercise all powers and provide all ________________________________________________________________________ 9 remedies available in those proceedings; and ____________________________________________ 10 (2) shall determine the duty of support and the amount payable in ______________________________________________________________________ 11 accordance with the law and support guidelines of this state. _____________________________________________________________ 12  580-304. Duties of initiating tribunal. (a) Upon the filing of a ______________________________________________________________________ 13 petition authorized by this article, an initiating tribunal of this ________________________________________________________________________ 14 state shall forward three copies of the petition and its accompanying ________________________________________________________________________ 15 documents: __________ 16 (1) to the responding tribunal or appropriate support enforcement ______________________________________________________________________ 17 agency in the responding state; or __________________________________ 18 (2) if the identity of the responding tribunal is unknown, to the ______________________________________________________________________ 19 state information agency of the responding state with a request that ________________________________________________________________________ 20 they be forwarded to the appropriate tribunal and that receipt be ________________________________________________________________________ 21 acknowledged. _____________ 22 (b) If a responding state has not enacted this article or a law or ______________________________________________________________________ 23 procedure substantially similar to this article, a tribunal of this ________________________________________________________________________ 24 state may issue a certificate or other document and make findings ________________________________________________________________________ 25 required by the law of the responding state. If the responding state is ________________________________________________________________________ 26 a foreign jurisdiction, the tribunal may specify the amount of support ________________________________________________________________________ 27 sought and provide other documents necessary to satisfy the requirements ________________________________________________________________________ 28 of the responding state. ________________________ 29  580-305. Duties and powers of responding tribunal. (a) When a ______________________________________________________________________ 30 responding tribunal of this state receives a petition or comparable ________________________________________________________________________ 31 pleading from an initiating tribunal or directly pursuant to subdivision ________________________________________________________________________ 32 (c) of section 580-301 of this part (proceedings under this article), it ________________________________________________________________________ 33 shall cause the petition or pleading to be filed and notify the peti- ________________________________________________________________________ 34 tioner where and when it was filed. ___________________________________ 35 (b) A responding tribunal of this state, to the extent otherwise ______________________________________________________________________ 36 authorized by law, may do one or more of the following: _______________________________________________________ 37 (1) issue or enforce a support order, modify a child support order, or ______________________________________________________________________ 38 render a judgment to determine parentage; _________________________________________ 39 (2) order an obligor to comply with a support order, specifying the ______________________________________________________________________ 40 amount and the manner of compliance; ____________________________________ 41 (3) order income-withholding; _____________________________ 42 (4) determine the amount of any arrearages, and specify a method of ______________________________________________________________________ 43 payment; ________ 44 (5) enforce orders by civil or criminal contempt, or both; __________________________________________________________ 45 (6) set aside property for satisfaction of the support order; _____________________________________________________________ 46 (7) place liens and order execution on the obligor's property; ______________________________________________________________ 47 (8) order an obligor to keep the tribunal informed of the obligor's ______________________________________________________________________ 48 current residential address, telephone number, employer, address of ________________________________________________________________________ 49 employment, and telephone number at the place of employment; ____________________________________________________________ 50 (9) issue a warrant for an obligor who has failed after proper notice ______________________________________________________________________ 51 to appear at a hearing ordered by the tribunal and enter the warrant in ________________________________________________________________________ 52 any local and state computer systems for criminal warrants; ___________________________________________________________ 53 (10) order the obligor to seek appropriate employment by specified ______________________________________________________________________ 54 methods; ________ 55 (11) award reasonable attorney's fees and other fees and costs; and ___________________________________________________________________ 56 (12) grant any other available remedy. ______________________________________ S. 5771 29 1 (c) A responding tribunal of this state shall include in a support ______________________________________________________________________ 2 order issued under this article, or in the documents accompanying the ________________________________________________________________________ 3 order, the calculations on which the support order is based. ____________________________________________________________ 4 (d) A responding tribunal of this state may not condition the payment ______________________________________________________________________ 5 of a support order issued under this article upon compliance by a party ________________________________________________________________________ 6 with provisions for visitation. _______________________________ 7 (e) If a responding tribunal of this state issues an order under this ______________________________________________________________________ 8 article, the tribunal shall send a copy of the order to the petitioner ________________________________________________________________________ 9 and the respondent and to the initiating tribunal, if any. __________________________________________________________ 10  580-306. Inappropriate tribunal. If a petition or comparable plead- ______________________________________________________________________ 11 ing is received by an inappropriate tribunal of this state, it shall ________________________________________________________________________ 12 forward the pleading and accompanying documents to an appropriate tribu- ________________________________________________________________________ 13 nal in this state or another state and notify the petitioner where and ________________________________________________________________________ 14 when the pleading was sent. ___________________________ 15  580-307. Duties of support enforcement agency. (a) A support ______________________________________________________________________ 16 enforcement agency of this state, upon request, shall provide services ________________________________________________________________________ 17 to a petitioner in a proceeding under this article. ___________________________________________________ 18 (b) A support enforcement agency that is providing services to the ______________________________________________________________________ 19 petitioner as appropriate shall: ________________________________ 20 (1) take all steps necessary to enable an appropriate tribunal in this ______________________________________________________________________ 21 state or another state to obtain jurisdiction over the respondent; __________________________________________________________________ 22 (2) request an appropriate tribunal to set a date, time, and place for ______________________________________________________________________ 23 a hearing; __________ 24 (3) make a reasonable effort to obtain all relevant information, ______________________________________________________________________ 25 including information as to income and property of the parties; _______________________________________________________________ 26 (4) within ten days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holi- ______________________________________________________________________ 27 days, after receipt of a written notice from an initiating, responding, ________________________________________________________________________ 28 or registering tribunal, send a copy of the notice to the petitioner; _____________________________________________________________________ 29 (5) within ten days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holi- ______________________________________________________________________ 30 days, after receipt of a written communication from the respondent or ________________________________________________________________________ 31 the respondent's attorney, send a copy of the communication to the peti- ________________________________________________________________________ 32 tioner; and ___________ 33 (6) notify the petitioner if jurisdiction over the respondent cannot ______________________________________________________________________ 34 be obtained. ____________ 35 (c) This article does not create or negate a relationship of attorney ______________________________________________________________________ 36 and client or other fiduciary relationship between a support enforcement ________________________________________________________________________ 37 agency or the attorney for the agency and the individual being assisted ________________________________________________________________________ 38 by the agency. ______________ 39  580-308. Duty of attorney general. If the attorney general deter- ______________________________________________________________________ 40 mines that the support enforcement agency is neglecting or refusing to ________________________________________________________________________ 41 provide services to an individual, the attorney general may order the ________________________________________________________________________ 42 agency to perform its duties under this article or may provide those ________________________________________________________________________ 43 services directly to the individual. ____________________________________ 44  580-309. Private counsel. An individual may employ private counsel ______________________________________________________________________ 45 to represent the individual in proceedings authorized by this article. ______________________________________________________________________ 46  580-310. Duties of state information agency. (a) The state depart- ______________________________________________________________________ 47 ment of social services pursuant to section one hundred eleven of the ________________________________________________________________________ 48 social services law is the state information agency under this article. _______________________________________________________________________ 49 (b) The state information agency shall: _______________________________________ 50 (1) compile and maintain a current list, including addresses, of the ______________________________________________________________________ 51 tribunals in this state which have jurisdiction under this article and ________________________________________________________________________ 52 any support enforcement agencies in this state and transmit a copy to ________________________________________________________________________ 53 the state information agency of every other state; __________________________________________________ 54 (2) maintain a register of tribunals and support enforcement agencies ______________________________________________________________________ 55 received from other states; ___________________________ S. 5771 30 1 (3) forward to the appropriate tribunal in the place in this state in ______________________________________________________________________ 2 which the individual obligee or the obligor resides, or in which the ________________________________________________________________________ 3 obligor's property is believed to be located, all documents concerning a ________________________________________________________________________ 4 proceeding under this article received from an initiating tribunal or ________________________________________________________________________ 5 the state information agency of the initiating state; and _________________________________________________________ 6 (4) obtain information concerning the location of the obligor and the ______________________________________________________________________ 7 obligor's property within this state not exempt from execution, by such ________________________________________________________________________ 8 means as postal verification and federal or state locator services, ________________________________________________________________________ 9 examination of telephone directories, requests for the obligor's address ________________________________________________________________________ 10 from employers, and examination of governmental records, including, to ________________________________________________________________________ 11 the extent not prohibited by other law, those relating to real property, ________________________________________________________________________ 12 vital statistics, law enforcement, taxation, motor vehicles, driver's ________________________________________________________________________ 13 licenses, and social security. ______________________________ 14  580-311. Pleadings and accompanying documents. (a) A petitioner ______________________________________________________________________ 15 seeking to establish or modify a support order or to determine parentage ________________________________________________________________________ 16 in a proceeding under this article must verify the petition. Unless ________________________________________________________________________ 17 otherwise ordered under section 580-312 (nondisclosure of information in ________________________________________________________________________ 18 exceptional circumstances), the petition or accompanying documents must ________________________________________________________________________ 19 provide, so far as known, the name, residential address, and social ________________________________________________________________________ 20 security numbers of the obligor and the obligee, and the name, sex, ________________________________________________________________________ 21 residential address, social security number, and date of birth of each ________________________________________________________________________ 22 child for whom support is sought. The petition must be accompanied by a ________________________________________________________________________ 23 certified copy of any support order in effect. The petition may include ________________________________________________________________________ 24 any other information that may assist in locating or identifying the ________________________________________________________________________ 25 respondent. ___________ 26 (b) The petition must specify the relief sought. The petition and ______________________________________________________________________ 27 accompanying documents must conform substantially with the requirements ________________________________________________________________________ 28 imposed by the forms mandated by federal law for use in cases filed by a ________________________________________________________________________ 29 support enforcement agency. ___________________________ 30  580-312. Nondisclosure of information in exceptional circumstances. ______________________________________________________________________ 31 Upon a finding, which may be made ex parte, that the health, safety, or ________________________________________________________________________ 32 liberty of a party or child would be unreasonably put at risk by the ________________________________________________________________________ 33 disclosure of identifying information, or if an existing order so ________________________________________________________________________ 34 provides, a tribunal shall order that the address of the child or party ________________________________________________________________________ 35 or other identifying information not be disclosed in a pleading or other ________________________________________________________________________ 36 document filed in a proceeding under this article. __________________________________________________ 37  580-313. Costs and fees. (a) The petitioner may not be required to ______________________________________________________________________ 38 pay a filing fee or other costs. ________________________________ 39 (b) If an obligee prevails, a responding tribunal may assess against ______________________________________________________________________ 40 an obligor filing fees, reasonable attorney's fees, other costs, and ________________________________________________________________________ 41 necessary travel and other reasonable expenses incurred by the obligee ________________________________________________________________________ 42 and the obligee's witnesses. The tribunal may not assess fees, costs, ________________________________________________________________________ 43 or expenses against the obligee or the support enforcement agency of ________________________________________________________________________ 44 either the initiating or the responding state, except as provided by ________________________________________________________________________ 45 other law. Attorney's fees may be taxed as costs, and may be ordered ________________________________________________________________________ 46 paid directly to the attorney, who may enforce the order in the attor- ________________________________________________________________________ 47 ney's own name. Payment of support owed to the obligee has priority ________________________________________________________________________ 48 over fees, costs and expenses. ______________________________ 49 (c) The tribunal shall order the payment of costs and reasonable ______________________________________________________________________ 50 attorney's fees if it determines that a hearing was requested primarily ________________________________________________________________________ 51 for delay. In a proceeding under part six of this article (enforcement ________________________________________________________________________ 52 and modification of support order after registration), a hearing is ________________________________________________________________________ 53 presumed to have been requested primarily for delay if a registered ________________________________________________________________________ 54 support order is confirmed or enforced without change. ______________________________________________________ 55  580-314. Limited immunity of petitioner. (a) Participation by a ______________________________________________________________________ 56 petitioner in a proceeding before a responding tribunal, whether in ________________________________________________________________________ S. 5771 31 1 person, by private attorney, or through services provided by the support ________________________________________________________________________ 2 enforcement agency, does not confer personal jurisdiction over the peti- ________________________________________________________________________ 3 tioner in another proceeding. _____________________________ 4 (b) A petitioner is not amenable to service of civil process while ______________________________________________________________________ 5 physically present in this state to participate in a proceeding under ________________________________________________________________________ 6 this article. _____________ 7 (c) The immunity granted by this section does not extend to civil ______________________________________________________________________ 8 litigation based on acts unrelated to a proceeding under this article ________________________________________________________________________ 9 committed by a party while present in this state to participate in the ________________________________________________________________________ 10 proceeding. ___________ 11  580-315. Nonparentage as defense. A party whose parentage of a ______________________________________________________________________ 12 child has been previously determined by or pursuant to law may not plead ________________________________________________________________________ 13 nonparentage as a defense to a proceeding under this article. _____________________________________________________________ 14  580-316. Special rules of evidence and procedure. (a) The physical ______________________________________________________________________ 15 presence of the petitioner in a responding tribunal of this state is not ________________________________________________________________________ 16 required for the establishment, enforcement, or modification of a ________________________________________________________________________ 17 support order or the rendition of a judgment determining parentage. ___________________________________________________________________ 18 (b) A verified petition, affidavit, document substantially complying ______________________________________________________________________ 19 with federally mandated forms, and a document incorporated by reference ________________________________________________________________________ 20 in any of them, not excluded under the hearsay rule if given in person, ________________________________________________________________________ 21 is admissible in evidence if given under oath by a party or witness ________________________________________________________________________ 22 residing in another state. __________________________ 23 (c) A copy of the record of child support payments certified as a true ______________________________________________________________________ 24 copy of the original by the custodian of the record may be forwarded to ________________________________________________________________________ 25 a responding tribunal. The copy is evidence of facts asserted in it, ________________________________________________________________________ 26 and is admissible to show whether payments were made. _____________________________________________________ 27 (d) Copies of bills for testing for parentage, and for prenatal and ______________________________________________________________________ 28 postnatal health care of the mother and child, furnished to the adverse ________________________________________________________________________ 29 party at least ten days before trial, are admissible in evidence to ________________________________________________________________________ 30 prove the amount of the charges billed and that the charges were reason- ________________________________________________________________________ 31 able, necessary, and customary. _______________________________ 32 (e) Documentary evidence transmitted from another state to a tribunal ______________________________________________________________________ 33 of this state by telephone, telecopier, or other means that do not ________________________________________________________________________ 34 provide an original writing may not be excluded from evidence on an ________________________________________________________________________ 35 objection based on the means of transmission. _____________________________________________ 36 (f) In a proceeding under this article, a tribunal of this state may ______________________________________________________________________ 37 permit a party or witness residing in another state to be deposed or to ________________________________________________________________________ 38 testify by telephone, audiovisual means, or other electronic means at a ________________________________________________________________________ 39 designated tribunal or other location in that state. A tribunal of this ________________________________________________________________________ 40 state shall cooperate with tribunals of other states in designating an ________________________________________________________________________ 41 appropriate location for the deposition or testimony. _____________________________________________________ 42 (g) If a party called to testify at a civil hearing refuses to answer ______________________________________________________________________ 43 on the ground that the testimony may be self-incriminating, the trier of ________________________________________________________________________ 44 fact may draw an adverse inference from the refusal. ____________________________________________________ 45 (h) A privilege against disclosure of communications between spouses ______________________________________________________________________ 46 does not apply in a proceeding under this article. __________________________________________________ 47 (i) The defense of immunity based on the relationship of husband and ______________________________________________________________________ 48 wife or parent and child does not apply in a proceeding under this arti- ________________________________________________________________________ 49 cle. ____ 50  580-317. Communications between tribunals. A tribunal of this state ______________________________________________________________________ 51 may communicate with a tribunal of another state in writing, or by tele- ________________________________________________________________________ 52 phone or other means, to obtain information concerning the laws of that ________________________________________________________________________ 53 state, the legal effect of a judgment, decree, or order of that tribu- ________________________________________________________________________ 54 nal, and the status of a proceeding in the other state. A tribunal of ________________________________________________________________________ 55 this state may furnish similar information by similar means to a tribu- ________________________________________________________________________ 56 nal of another state. _____________________ S. 5771 32 1  580-318. Assistance with discovery. A tribunal of this state may: ____________________________________________________________________ 2 (1) request a tribunal of another state to assist in obtaining discov- ______________________________________________________________________ 3 ery; and ________ 4 (2) upon request, compel a person over whom it has jurisdiction to ______________________________________________________________________ 5 respond to a discovery order issued by a tribunal of another state. ___________________________________________________________________ 6  580-319. Receipt and disbursement of payments. A support enforce- ______________________________________________________________________ 7 ment agency or tribunal of this state shall disburse promptly any ________________________________________________________________________ 8 amounts received pursuant to a support order, as directed by the order. ________________________________________________________________________ 9 The agency or tribunal shall furnish to a requesting party or tribunal ________________________________________________________________________ 10 of another state a certified statement by the custodian of the record of ________________________________________________________________________ 11 the amounts and dates of all payments received. ________________________________________________ 12 Part 4. Establishment of support order. _______________________________________ 13  580-401. Petition to establish support order. (a) If a support ______________________________________________________________________ 14 order entitled to recognition under this article has not been issued, a ________________________________________________________________________ 15 responding tribunal of this state may issue a support order if: _______________________________________________________________ 16 (1) the individual seeking the order resides in another state; or _________________________________________________________________ 17 (2) the support enforcement agency seeking the order is located in ______________________________________________________________________ 18 another state. ______________ 19 (b) The tribunal may issue a temporary child support order if: ______________________________________________________________ 20 (1) the respondent has signed a verified statement acknowledging ______________________________________________________________________ 21 parentage; __________ 22 (2) the respondent has been determined by or pursuant to law to be the ______________________________________________________________________ 23 parent; or __________ 24 (3) there is other clear and convincing evidence that the respondent ______________________________________________________________________ 25 is the child's parent. ______________________ 26 (c) Upon finding, after notice and opportunity to be heard, that an ______________________________________________________________________ 27 obligor owes a duty of support, the tribunal shall issue a support order ________________________________________________________________________ 28 directed to the obligor and may issue other orders pursuant to section ________________________________________________________________________ 29 580-305 (duties and powers of responding tribunal). ___________________________________________________ 30 Part 5. Enforcement of order of another state without registration. ___________________________________________________________________ 31  580-501. Employer's receipt of income-withholding order of another ______________________________________________________________________ 32 state. An income-withholding order issued in another state may be sent ________________________________________________________________________ 33 to the person or entity defined as the obligor's employer under section ________________________________________________________________________ 34 five thousand two hundred forty-one of the civil practice law and rules ________________________________________________________________________ 35 without first filing a petition or comparable pleading or registering ________________________________________________________________________ 36 the order with a tribunal of this state. ________________________________________ 37  580-502. Employer's compliance with income-withholding order of ______________________________________________________________________ 38 another state. (a) Upon receipt of an income-withholding order, the ________________________________________________________________________ 39 obligor's employer shall immediately provide a copy of the order to the ________________________________________________________________________ 40 obligor. ________ 41 (b) The employer shall treat an income-withholding order issued in ______________________________________________________________________ 42 another state which appears regular on its face as if it had been issued ________________________________________________________________________ 43 by a tribunal of this state. ____________________________ 44 (c) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (d) and section ______________________________________________________________________ 45 580-503, the employer shall withhold and distribute the funds as ________________________________________________________________________ 46 directed in the withholding order by complying with terms of the order ________________________________________________________________________ 47 which specify: ______________ 48 (1) the duration and amount of periodic payments of current child ______________________________________________________________________ 49 support, stated as a sum certain; _________________________________ 50 (2) the person or agency designated to receive payments and the ______________________________________________________________________ 51 address to which the payments are to be forwarded; __________________________________________________ 52 (3) medical support, whether in the form of periodic cash payment, ______________________________________________________________________ 53 stated as a sum certain, or ordering the obligor to provide health ________________________________________________________________________ 54 insurance coverage for the child under a policy available through the ________________________________________________________________________ 55 obligor's employment; _____________________ S. 5771 33 1 (4) the amount of periodic payments of fees and costs for a support ______________________________________________________________________ 2 enforcement agency, the issuing tribunal, and the obligee's attorney, ________________________________________________________________________ 3 stated as sums certain; and ___________________________ 4 (5) the amount of periodic payments of arrearages and interest on ______________________________________________________________________ 5 arrearages, stated as sums certain. ___________________________________ 6 (d) An employer shall comply with the law of the state of the ______________________________________________________________________ 7 obligor's principal place of employment for withholding from income with ________________________________________________________________________ 8 respect to: ___________ 9 (1) the employer's fee for processing an income-withholding order; __________________________________________________________________ 10 (2) the maximum amount permitted to be withheld from the obligor's ______________________________________________________________________ 11 income; and ___________ 12 (3) the times within which the employer must implement the withholding ______________________________________________________________________ 13 order and forward the child support payment. ____________________________________________ 14  580-503. Compliance with multiple income-withholding orders. If an ______________________________________________________________________ 15 obligor's employer receives multiple income-withholding orders with ________________________________________________________________________ 16 respect to the earnings of the same obligor, the employer satisfies the ________________________________________________________________________ 17 terms of the multiple orders if the employer complies with the law of ________________________________________________________________________ 18 the state of the obligor's principal place of employment to establish ________________________________________________________________________ 19 the priorities for withholding and allocating income withheld for multi- ________________________________________________________________________ 20 ple child support obligees. ___________________________ 21  580-504. Immunity from civil liability. An employer who complies ______________________________________________________________________ 22 with an income-withholding order issued in another state in accordance ________________________________________________________________________ 23 with this article is not subject to civil liability to an individual or ________________________________________________________________________ 24 agency with regard to the employer's withholding of child support from ________________________________________________________________________ 25 the obligor's income. _____________________ 26  580-505. Penalties for noncompliance. An employer who willfully ______________________________________________________________________ 27 fails to comply with an income-withholding order issued by another state ________________________________________________________________________ 28 and received for enforcement is subject to the same penalties that may ________________________________________________________________________ 29 be imposed for noncompliance with an order issued by a tribunal of this ________________________________________________________________________ 30 state. ______ 31  580-506. Contest by obligor. (a) An obligor may contest the validi- ______________________________________________________________________ 32 ty or enforcement of an income-withholding order issued in another state ________________________________________________________________________ 33 and received directly by an employer in this state in the same manner as ________________________________________________________________________ 34 if the order had been issued by a tribunal of this state. Section ________________________________________________________________________ 35 580-604 (choice of law) applies to the contest. _______________________________________________ 36 (b) The obligor shall give notice of the contest to: ____________________________________________________ 37 (1) a support enforcement agency providing services to the obligee; ___________________________________________________________________ 38 (2) each employer that has directly received an income-withholding ______________________________________________________________________ 39 order; and __________ 40 (3) the person or agency designated to receive payments in the ______________________________________________________________________ 41 income-withholding order or if no person or agency is designated, to the ________________________________________________________________________ 42 obligee. ________ 43  580-507. Administrative enforcement of orders. (a) A party seeking ______________________________________________________________________ 44 to enforce a support order or an income-withholding order, or both, ________________________________________________________________________ 45 issued by a tribunal of another state may send the documents required ________________________________________________________________________ 46 for registering the order to a support enforcement agency of this state. ________________________________________________________________________ 47 (b) Upon receipt of the documents, the support enforcement agency, ______________________________________________________________________ 48 without initially seeking to register the order, shall consider and, if ________________________________________________________________________ 49 appropriate, use any administrative procedure authorized by the law of ________________________________________________________________________ 50 this state to enforce a support order or an income-withholding order, or ________________________________________________________________________ 51 both. If the obligor does not contest administrative enforcement, the ________________________________________________________________________ 52 order need not be registered. If the obligor contests the validity or ________________________________________________________________________ 53 administrative enforcement of the order, the support enforcement agency ________________________________________________________________________ 54 shall register the order pursuant to this article. __________________________________________________ 55 Part 6. Enforcement and modification of support order after registra- ______________________________________________________________________ 56 tion. _____ S. 5771 34 1 Part 6. A. Registration and enforcement of support order. _________________________________________________________ 2  580-601. Registration of order for enforcement. A support order or ______________________________________________________________________ 3 an income-withholding order issued by a tribunal of another state may be ________________________________________________________________________ 4 registered in this state for enforcement. _________________________________________ 5  580-602. Procedure to register order for enforcement. (a) A support ______________________________________________________________________ 6 order or income-withholding order of another state may be registered in ________________________________________________________________________ 7 this state by sending the following documents and information to the ________________________________________________________________________ 8 appropriate tribunal in this state: ___________________________________ 9 (1) a letter of transmittal to the tribunal requesting registration ______________________________________________________________________ 10 and enforcement; ________________ 11 (2) two copies, including one certified copy, of all orders to be ______________________________________________________________________ 12 registered, including any modification of an order; ___________________________________________________ 13 (3) a sworn statement by the party seeking registration or a certified ______________________________________________________________________ 14 statement by the custodian of the records showing the amount of any ________________________________________________________________________ 15 arrearage; __________ 16 (4) the name of the obligor and, if known: __________________________________________ 17 (i) the obligor's address and social security number; _____________________________________________________ 18 (ii) the name and address of the obligor's employer and any other ______________________________________________________________________ 19 source of income of the obligor; and ____________________________________ 20 (iii) a description and the location of property of the obligor in ______________________________________________________________________ 21 this state not exempt from execution; and _________________________________________ 22 (5) the name and address of the obligee and, if applicable, the agency ______________________________________________________________________ 23 or person to whom support payments are to be remitted. ______________________________________________________ 24 (b) On receipt of a request for registration, the registering tribunal ______________________________________________________________________ 25 shall cause the order to be filed as a foreign judgment, together with ________________________________________________________________________ 26 one copy of the documents and information, regardless of their form. ____________________________________________________________________ 27 (c) A petition or comparable pleading seeking a remedy that must be ______________________________________________________________________ 28 affirmatively sought under other laws of this state may be filed at the ________________________________________________________________________ 29 same time as the request for registration or later. The pleading must ________________________________________________________________________ 30 specify the grounds for the remedy sought. __________________________________________ 31  580-603. Effect of registration for enforcement. (a) A support ______________________________________________________________________ 32 order or income-withholding order issued in another state is registered ________________________________________________________________________ 33 when the order is filed in the registering tribunal of this state. __________________________________________________________________ 34 (b) A registered order issued in another state is enforceable in the ______________________________________________________________________ 35 same manner and is subject to the same procedures as an order issued by ________________________________________________________________________ 36 a tribunal of this state. _________________________ 37 (c) Except as otherwise provided in this article, a tribunal of this ______________________________________________________________________ 38 state shall recognize and enforce, but may not modify, a registered ________________________________________________________________________ 39 order if the issuing tribunal had jurisdiction. _______________________________________________ 40  580-604. Choice of law. (a) The law of the issuing state governs ______________________________________________________________________ 41 the nature, extent, amount, and duration of current payments and other ________________________________________________________________________ 42 obligations of support and the payment of arrearages under the order. _____________________________________________________________________ 43 (b) In a proceeding for arrearages, the statute of limitation under ______________________________________________________________________ 44 the laws of this state or of the issuing state, whichever is longer, ________________________________________________________________________ 45 applies. ________ 46 Part 6. B. Contest of validity or enforcement. ______________________________________________ 47  580-605. Notice of registration of order. (a) When a support order ______________________________________________________________________ 48 or income-withholding order issued in another state is registered, the ________________________________________________________________________ 49 registering tribunal shall notify the nonregistering party. The notice ________________________________________________________________________ 50 must be accompanied by a copy of the registered order and the documents ________________________________________________________________________ 51 and relevant information accompanying the order. ________________________________________________ 52 (b) The notice must inform the nonregistering party: ____________________________________________________ 53 (1) that a registered order is enforceable as of the date of registra- ______________________________________________________________________ 54 tion in the same manner as an order issued by a tribunal of this state; _______________________________________________________________________ 55 (2) that a hearing to contest the validity or enforcement of the ______________________________________________________________________ 56 registered order must be requested within twenty days after notice; ___________________________________________________________________ S. 5771 35 1 (3) that failure to contest the validity or enforcement of the regis- ______________________________________________________________________ 2 tered order in a timely manner will result in confirmation of the order ________________________________________________________________________ 3 and enforcement of the order and the alleged arrearages and precludes ________________________________________________________________________ 4 further contest of that order with respect to any matter that could have ________________________________________________________________________ 5 been asserted; and __________________ 6 (4) of the amount of any alleged arrearages. ____________________________________________ 7 (c) Upon registration of an income-withholding order for enforcement, ______________________________________________________________________ 8 the registering tribunal shall notify the obligor's employer pursuant to ________________________________________________________________________ 9 section five thousand two hundred forty-two of the civil practice law ________________________________________________________________________ 10 and rules. __________ 11  580-606. Procedure to contest validity or enforcement of registered ______________________________________________________________________ 12 order. (a) A nonregistering party seeking to contest the validity or ________________________________________________________________________ 13 enforcement of a registered order in this state shall request a hearing ________________________________________________________________________ 14 within twenty days after notice of the registration. The nonregistering ________________________________________________________________________ 15 party may seek to vacate the registration, to assert any defense to an ________________________________________________________________________ 16 allegation of noncompliance with the registered order, or to contest the ________________________________________________________________________ 17 remedies being sought or the amount of any alleged arrearages pursuant ________________________________________________________________________ 18 to section 580-607 (contest of registration or enforcement). ____________________________________________________________ 19 (b) If the nonregistering party fails to contest the validity or ______________________________________________________________________ 20 enforcement of the registered order in a timely manner, the order is ________________________________________________________________________ 21 confirmed by operation of law. ______________________________ 22 (c) If a nonregistering party requests a hearing to contest the valid- ______________________________________________________________________ 23 ity or enforcement of the registered order, the registering tribunal ________________________________________________________________________ 24 shall schedule the matter for hearing and give notice to the parties of ________________________________________________________________________ 25 the date, time, and place of the hearing. _________________________________________ 26  580-607. Contest of registration or enforcement. (a) A party ______________________________________________________________________ 27 contesting the validity or enforcement of a registered order or seeking ________________________________________________________________________ 28 to vacate the registration has the burden of proving one or more of the ________________________________________________________________________ 29 following defenses: ___________________ 30 (1) the issuing tribunal lacked personal jurisdiction over the ______________________________________________________________________ 31 contesting party; _________________ 32 (2) the order was obtained by fraud; ____________________________________ 33 (3) the order has been vacated, suspended, or modified by a later ______________________________________________________________________ 34 order; ______ 35 (4) the issuing tribunal has stayed the order pending appeal; _____________________________________________________________ 36 (5) there is a defense under the law of this state to the remedy ______________________________________________________________________ 37 sought; _______ 38 (6) full or partial payment has been made; or _____________________________________________ 39 (7) the statute of limitation under section 580-604 (choice of law) ______________________________________________________________________ 40 precludes enforcement of some or all of the arrearages. _______________________________________________________ 41 (b) If a party presents evidence establishing a full or partial ______________________________________________________________________ 42 defense under subdivision (a), a tribunal may stay enforcement of the ________________________________________________________________________ 43 registered order, continue the proceeding to permit production of addi- ________________________________________________________________________ 44 tional relevant evidence, and issue other appropriate orders. An uncon- ________________________________________________________________________ 45 tested portion of the registered order may be enforced by all remedies ________________________________________________________________________ 46 available under the law of this state. ______________________________________ 47 (c) If the contesting party does not establish a defense under subdi- ______________________________________________________________________ 48 vision (a) of this section to the validity or enforcement of the order, ________________________________________________________________________ 49 the registering tribunal shall issue an order confirming the order. ___________________________________________________________________ 50  580-608. Confirmed order. Confirmation of a registered order, ______________________________________________________________________ 51 whether by operation of law or after notice and hearing, precludes ________________________________________________________________________ 52 further contest of the order with respect to any matter that could have ________________________________________________________________________ 53 been asserted at the time of registration. __________________________________________ 54 Part 6. C. Registration and modification of child support order. ________________________________________________________________ 55  580-609. Procedure to register child support order of another state ______________________________________________________________________ 56 for modification. A party or support enforcement agency seeking to ________________________________________________________________________ S. 5771 36 1 modify, or to modify and enforce, a child support order issued in anoth- ________________________________________________________________________ 2 er state shall register that order in this state in the same manner ________________________________________________________________________ 3 provided in part six-A if the order has not been registered. A petition ________________________________________________________________________ 4 for modification may be filed at the same time as a request for regis- ________________________________________________________________________ 5 tration, or later. The pleading must specify the grounds for modifica- ________________________________________________________________________ 6 tion. _____ 7  580-610. Effect of registration for modification. A tribunal of ______________________________________________________________________ 8 this state may enforce a child support order of another state registered ________________________________________________________________________ 9 for purposes of modification, in the same manner as if the order had ________________________________________________________________________ 10 been issued by a tribunal of this state, but the registered order may be ________________________________________________________________________ 11 modified only if the requirements of section 580-611 (modification of ________________________________________________________________________ 12 child support order of another state) have been met. ____________________________________________________ 13  580-611. Modification of child support order of another state. (a) ______________________________________________________________________ 14 After a child support order issued in another state has been registered ________________________________________________________________________ 15 in this state, the responding tribunal of this state may modify that ________________________________________________________________________ 16 order only if section 580-613 does not apply and after notice and hear- ________________________________________________________________________ 17 ing it finds that: __________________ 18 (1) the following requirements are met: _______________________________________ 19 (i) the child, the individual obligee, and the obligor do not reside ______________________________________________________________________ 20 in the issuing state; _____________________ 21 (ii) a petitioner who is a nonresident of this state seeks modifica- ______________________________________________________________________ 22 tion; and _________ 23 (iii) the respondent is subject to the personal jurisdiction of the ______________________________________________________________________ 24 tribunal of this state; or __________________________ 25 (2) the child, or a party who is an individual, is subject to the ______________________________________________________________________ 26 personal jurisdiction of the tribunal of this state and all of the ________________________________________________________________________ 27 parties who are individuals have filed written consents in the issuing ________________________________________________________________________ 28 tribunal for a tribunal of this state to modify the support order and ________________________________________________________________________ 29 assume continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over the order. However, if ________________________________________________________________________ 30 the issuing state is a foreign jurisdiction that has not enacted a law ________________________________________________________________________ 31 or established procedures substantially similar to the procedures under ________________________________________________________________________ 32 this article, the consent otherwise required of an individual residing ________________________________________________________________________ 33 in this state is not required for the tribunal to assume jurisdiction to ________________________________________________________________________ 34 modify the child support order. _______________________________ 35 (b) Modification of a registered child support order is subject to the ______________________________________________________________________ 36 same requirements, procedures, and defenses that apply to the modifica- ________________________________________________________________________ 37 tion of an order issued by a tribunal of this state and the order may be ________________________________________________________________________ 38 enforced and satisfied in the same manner. __________________________________________ 39 (c) A tribunal of this state may not modify any aspect of a child ______________________________________________________________________ 40 support order that may not be modified under the law of the issuing ________________________________________________________________________ 41 state. If two or more tribunals have issued child support orders for ________________________________________________________________________ 42 the same obligor and child, the order that controls and must be so ________________________________________________________________________ 43 recognized under section 580-207 establishes the aspects of the support ________________________________________________________________________ 44 order which are nonmodifiable. ______________________________ 45 (d) On issuance of an order modifying a child support order issued in ______________________________________________________________________ 46 another state, a tribunal of this state becomes the tribunal having ________________________________________________________________________ 47 continuing, exclusive jurisdiction. ___________________________________ 48  580-612. Recognition of order modified in another state. A tribunal ______________________________________________________________________ 49 of this state shall recognize a modification of its earlier child-sup- ________________________________________________________________________ 50 port order by a tribunal of another state which assumed jurisdiction ________________________________________________________________________ 51 pursuant to UIFSA or a law substantially similar to UIFSA, and, upon ________________________________________________________________________ 52 request, except as otherwise provided in this article, shall: _____________________________________________________________ 53 (1) enforce the order that was modified only as to amounts accruing ______________________________________________________________________ 54 before the modification; ________________________ 55 (2) enforce only nonmodifiable aspects of that order; _____________________________________________________ S. 5771 37 1 (3) provide other appropriate relief only for violations of that order ______________________________________________________________________ 2 which occurred before the effective date of the modification; and _________________________________________________________________ 3 (4) recognize the modifying order of the other state, upon registra- ______________________________________________________________________ 4 tion, for the purpose of enforcement. _____________________________________ 5  580-613. Jurisdiction to modify child-support order of another state ______________________________________________________________________ 6 when individual parties reside in this state. (a) If all of the parties ________________________________________________________________________ 7 who are individuals reside in this state and the child does not reside ________________________________________________________________________ 8 in the issuing state, a tribunal of this state has jurisdiction to ________________________________________________________________________ 9 enforce and to modify the issuing state's child support order in a ________________________________________________________________________ 10 proceeding to register that order. __________________________________ 11 (b) A tribunal of this state exercising jurisdiction under this ______________________________________________________________________ 12 section shall apply the provisions of parts one and two, this part, and ________________________________________________________________________ 13 the procedural and substantive law of this state to the proceeding for ________________________________________________________________________ 14 enforcement or modification. Parts three, four, five, seven and eight of ________________________________________________________________________ 15 this article do not apply. __________________________ 16  580-614. Notice to issuing tribunal of modification. Within thirty ______________________________________________________________________ 17 days after issuance of a modified child support order, the party obtain- ________________________________________________________________________ 18 ing the modification shall file a certified copy of the order with the ________________________________________________________________________ 19 issuing tribunal that had continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over the ________________________________________________________________________ 20 earlier order, and in each tribunal in which the party knows the earlier ________________________________________________________________________ 21 order has been registered. A party who obtains the order and fails to ________________________________________________________________________ 22 file a certified copy is subject to appropriate sanctions by a tribunal ________________________________________________________________________ 23 in which the issue of failure to file arises. The failure to file does ________________________________________________________________________ 24 not affect the validity or enforceability of the modified order of the ________________________________________________________________________ 25 new tribunal having continuing, exclusive jurisdiction. _______________________________________________________ 26 Part 7. Determination of parentage. ___________________________________ 27  580-701. Proceeding to determine parentage. (a) A tribunal of this ______________________________________________________________________ 28 state may serve as an initiating or responding tribunal in a proceeding ________________________________________________________________________ 29 brought under this article or a law or procedure substantially similar ________________________________________________________________________ 30 to this article, the Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act, or ________________________________________________________________________ 31 the Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act to determine ________________________________________________________________________ 32 that the petitioner is a parent of a particular child or to determine ________________________________________________________________________ 33 that a respondent is a parent of that child. ____________________________________________ 34 (b) In a proceeding to determine parentage, a responding tribunal of ______________________________________________________________________ 35 this state shall apply the procedural and substantive law of this state, ________________________________________________________________________ 36 and the rules of this state on choice law. __________________________________________ 37 Part 8. Interstate rendition. _____________________________ 38  580-801. Grounds for rendition. (a) For purposes of this article, ______________________________________________________________________ 39 "governor" includes an individual performing the functions of governor ________________________________________________________________________ 40 or the executive authority of a state covered by this article. ______________________________________________________________ 41 (b) The governor of this state may: ___________________________________ 42 (1) demand that the governor of another state surrender an individual ______________________________________________________________________ 43 found in the other state who is charged criminally in this state with ________________________________________________________________________ 44 having failed to provide for the support of an obligee; or __________________________________________________________ 45 (2) on the demand by the governor of another state, surrender an indi- ______________________________________________________________________ 46 vidual found in this state who is charged criminally in the other state ________________________________________________________________________ 47 with having failed to provide for the support of an obligee. ____________________________________________________________ 48 (c) A provision for extradition of individuals not inconsistent with ______________________________________________________________________ 49 this article applies to the demand even if the individual whose surren- ________________________________________________________________________ 50 der is demanded was not in the demanding state when the crime was ________________________________________________________________________ 51 allegedly committed and has not fled therefrom. _______________________________________________ 52  580-802. Conditions of rendition. (a) Before making demand that the ______________________________________________________________________ 53 governor of another state surrender an individual charged criminally in ________________________________________________________________________ 54 this state with having failed to provide for the support of an obligee, ________________________________________________________________________ 55 the governor of this state may require a prosecutor of this state to ________________________________________________________________________ 56 demonstrate that at least sixty days previously the obligee had initi- ________________________________________________________________________ S. 5771 38 1 ated proceedings for support pursuant to this article or that the ________________________________________________________________________ 2 proceeding would be of no avail. ________________________________ 3 (b) If, under this article or a law substantially similar to this ______________________________________________________________________ 4 article, the Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act, or the ________________________________________________________________________ 5 Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act, the governor of ________________________________________________________________________ 6 another state makes a demand that the governor of this state surrender ________________________________________________________________________ 7 an individual charged criminally in that state with having failed to ________________________________________________________________________ 8 provide for the support of a child or other individual to whom a duty of ________________________________________________________________________ 9 support is owed the governor may require a prosecutor to investigate the ________________________________________________________________________ 10 demand and report whether a proceeding for support has been initiated or ________________________________________________________________________ 11 would be effective. If it appears that a proceeding would be effective ________________________________________________________________________ 12 but has not been initiated, the governor may delay honoring the demand ________________________________________________________________________ 13 for a reasonable time to permit the initiation of a proceeding. _______________________________________________________________ 14 (c) If a proceeding for support has been initiated and the individual ______________________________________________________________________ 15 whose rendition is demanded prevails, the governor may decline to honor ________________________________________________________________________ 16 the demand. If the petitioner prevails and the individual whose rendi- ________________________________________________________________________ 17 tion is demanded is subject to a support order, the governor may decline ________________________________________________________________________ 18 to honor the demand if the individual is complying with the support ________________________________________________________________________ 19 order. ______ 20 Part 9. Miscellaneous provisions. _________________________________ 21  580-901. Uniformity of application and construction. This article ______________________________________________________________________ 22 shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make ________________________________________________________________________ 23 uniform the law with respect to the subject of this article among states ________________________________________________________________________ 24 enacting it. ____________ 25  580-902. Short title. This article may be cited as the uniform ______________________________________________________________________ 26 interstate family support act. ______________________________ 27  580-903. Severability clause. If any provision of this article or ______________________________________________________________________ 28 its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the inva- ________________________________________________________________________ 29 lidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this article ________________________________________________________________________ 30 which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, ________________________________________________________________________ 31 and to this end the provisions of this article are severable. _____________________________________________________________ 32  580-904. Effective date. This article takes effect on the thirty- ______________________________________________________________________ 33 first day of December, nineteen hundred ninety-seven, and shall apply to ________________________________________________________________________ 34 all actions or proceedings filed on or after such effective date. _________________________________________________________________ 35  580-905. Repeals. ____________________ 36 Subdivision (b) of section one hundred fifty-four of the family court ______________________________________________________________________ 37 act are repealed. _________________ 38 Amendments. ___________ 39 Section four hundred eleven, subdivision (a) of section four hundred ______________________________________________________________________ 40 thirty-nine, paragraph (a) of subdivision one and subdivisions two and ________________________________________________________________________ 41 four of section four hundred forty, section four hundred forty-eight, ________________________________________________________________________ 42 and paragraph (d) of subdivision one of section four hundred sixty of ________________________________________________________________________ 43 the family court act; paragraph (j) of subdivision four and subdivision ________________________________________________________________________ 44 fourteen of section one hundred eleven-b, paragraph f of subdivision two ________________________________________________________________________ 45 of section one hundred eleven-c, subdivisions one, five, eight and ten ________________________________________________________________________ 46 of section one hundred eleven-h, subdivision one of section one hundred ________________________________________________________________________ 47 eleven-k, subdivision one of section one hundred eleven-m, and subdivi- ________________________________________________________________________ 48 sion one of section one hundred eleven-n of the social services law; ________________________________________________________________________ 49 paragraph one of subdivision (a) of section five thousand two hundred ________________________________________________________________________ 50 forty-one, and paragraph one of subdivision (c) of section five thousand ________________________________________________________________________ 51 two hundred forty-two of the civil practice law and rules are amended to ________________________________________________________________________ 52 conform to section 466(f) of the social security act, as amended by ________________________________________________________________________ 53 section 321 of title III of the personal responsibility and work oppor- ________________________________________________________________________ 54 tunity reconciliation act of 1996 (P.L. 104-193). _________________________________________________ 55  38. The family court act is amended by adding a new section 572 to 56 read as follows: S. 5771 39 1  572. Petitioner's representative. Unless the petitioner indicates, ______________________________________________________________________ 2 pursuant to section 580-309 of article five-B of this act, that such ________________________________________________________________________ 3 petitioner has employed private counsel with respect to proceedings ________________________________________________________________________ 4 brought under article five-B of this act, the petitioner's represen- ________________________________________________________________________ 5 tative shall mean and include a corporation counsel, county attorney, ________________________________________________________________________ 6 state's attorney, commonwealth attorney and any other public officer, by ________________________________________________________________________ 7 whatever title such public office may be known, charged by law with the ________________________________________________________________________ 8 duty of instituting, maintaining or prosecuting a proceeding under arti- ________________________________________________________________________ 9 cle five-B of this act or under the laws of the state or states wherein ________________________________________________________________________ 10 the petitioner and the respondent reside. It shall be the duty of each ________________________________________________________________________ 11 petitioner's representative of this state to appear in this state on ________________________________________________________________________ 12 behalf of, and represent, the petitioner in every proceeding pursuant to ________________________________________________________________________ 13 article five-B of this act, at the time the petition is filed and at all ________________________________________________________________________ 14 stages of the proceeding thereafter, and to obtain and present such ________________________________________________________________________ 15 evidence as may be required by the court in the initiating state or the ________________________________________________________________________ 16 responding state. _________________ 17  39. The family court act is amended by adding a new section 573 to 18 read as follows: 19  573. Pleadings and documents. Pleadings and accompanying documents ______________________________________________________________________ 20 filed with a tribunal of this state as defined in article five-B of this ________________________________________________________________________ 21 act on or before December thirty-first, nineteen hundred ninety-seven on ________________________________________________________________________ 22 pending matters, shall be deemed sufficient to comply with the require- ________________________________________________________________________ 23 ments of such article five-B, if the pleadings and documents substan- ________________________________________________________________________ 24 tially comply with the requirements of article three-A of the domestic ________________________________________________________________________ 25 relations law in effect on December thirty-first, nineteen hundred nine- ________________________________________________________________________ 26 ty-seven. _________ 27  40. The family court act is amended by adding a new section 574 to 28 read as follows: 29  574. Definition of "state". With respect to proceedings or actions ______________________________________________________________________ 30 brought pursuant to article five-B of this act, "state" shall mean and ________________________________________________________________________ 31 include any state, territory or possession of the United States, the ________________________________________________________________________ 32 District of Columbia, any province or territory of the Dominion of Cana- ________________________________________________________________________ 33 da, or any foreign country. ___________________________ 34  41. The opening paragraph and subdivision 1 of section 111 of the 35 social services law, as added by chapter 245 of the laws of 1962, are 36 amended to read as follows: 37 To assist welfare departments to carry out their responsibilities, 38 powers and duties to enforce the liability of persons for the support of 39 certain of their [indigent relatives] dependents who are applicants for __________ _______________ 40 or recipients of public assistance or care or who are [likely to become __ 41 in need thereof] in receipt of child support services pursuant to _______________________________________________________ 42 section one hundred eleven-g of this chapter, the department shall: ____________________________________________ 43 1. Continue to act as, and perform the functions of, state informa- 44 tion agent for the purposes of the uniform [support of dependents law] 45 interstate family support act of this state ([title three-a of the ________________________________ 46 domestic relations law] article 5-B of the family court act) and recip- ___________________________________ 47 rocal laws of other states. 48  42. Paragraph 1 of subdivision (c) of section 5242 of the civil 49 practice law and rules, as amended by chapter 170 of the laws of 1994, 50 is amended to read as follows: 51 (1) When the court enters an order of support on behalf of persons 52 other than those in receipt of public assistance or in receipt of 53 services pursuant to section one hundred eleven-g of the social services 54 law, or registers pursuant to [section thirty-seven-a of the domestic 55 relations law] article five-B of the family court act an order of __________________________________________ 56 support which has been issued by a foreign jurisdiction and which is not S. 5771 40 1 to be enforced pursuant to title six-A of article three of the social 2 services law, where the court determines that the respondent earns wages 3 that could be subject to an income deduction order, the court shall 4 issue an income deduction order to obtain payment of the order at the 5 same time it issues or registers the order. The court shall enter the 6 income deduction order unless the court finds and sets forth in writing 7 (i) the reasons that there is good cause not to require immediate income 8 withholding; or (ii) that an agreement providing for an alternative 9 arrangement has been reached between the parties. Such agreement may 10 include a written agreement or an oral stipulation, made on the record, 11 that results in a written order. For purposes of this subdivision, good 12 cause shall mean substantial harm to the debtor. The absence of an 13 arrearage or the mere issuance of an income deduction order shall not 14 constitute good cause. When the court determines that there is good 15 cause not to issue an income deduction order immediately or when the 16 parties agree to an alternative arrangement as provided in this para- 17 graph, the court shall state expressly in the order of support the basis 18 for its decision. In entering the income deduction order, the court 19 shall specify an amount to be withheld by the debtor's employer, which 20 shall be sufficient to ensure compliance with the order of support and 21 also shall include an additional amount to be applied to the reduction 22 of arrears, if any, and shall specify the names, addresses, and social 23 security numbers of the parties to the support proceeding and the mail- 24 ing address of the unit within the state department of social services 25 designated to receive such deductions. The court shall transmit copies 26 of such order to the parties and to such unit. 27  43. Section 411 of the family court act, as amended by chapter 112 28 of the laws of 1983, is amended to read as follows: 29  411. Jurisdiction. The family court has exclusive original jurisdic- 30 tion over proceedings for support or maintenance under this article and 31 in proceedings under article [three-A] five-B of [the domestic relations ______ 32 law] this act, known as the uniform [support of dependents law] inter- ________ ______ 33 state family support act. On its own motion, the court may at any time _________________________ 34 in the proceedings also direct the filing of a neglect petition in 35 accord with article ten of this act. 36  44. Subdivision (a) of section 439 of the family court act, as 37 amended by chapter 81 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as 38 follows: 39 (a) The chief administrator of the courts shall provide, in accord- 40 ance with subdivision (f) of this section, for the appointment of a 41 sufficient number of hearing examiners to hear and determine support 42 proceedings. Except as herein after provided, hearing examiners shall 43 be empowered to hear, determine and grant any relief within the powers 44 of the court in any proceeding under this article, articles five and 45 five-A, and sections two hundred thirty-four and two hundred thirty-five 46 of this act, article [three-A] five-B of [the domestic relations law] ______ 47 this act, and objections raised pursuant to section fifty-two hundred ________ 48 forty-one of the civil practice law and rules. Hearing examiners shall 49 not be empowered to hear, determine and grant any relief with respect to 50 issues specified in subdivision five of section four hundred fifty-four 51 or section four hundred fifty-five of this act, issues of contested 52 paternity, custody, visitation including visitation as a defense, and 53 orders of protection or exclusive possession of the home, which shall be 54 referred to a judge as provided in subdivision (b) or (c) of this 55 section. A hearing examiner shall have the authority to make a determi- 56 nation that any person before the said examiner is in violation of an S. 5771 41 1 order of the court as authorized by section one hundred fifty-six of 2 this act subject to confirmation by a judge of the court who shall 3 impose any punishment for such violation as provided by law. 4  45. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 440 of the family 5 court act, as amended by chapter 170 of the laws of 1994, is amended to 6 read as follows: 7 (a) Any support order made by the court in any proceeding under the 8 provisions of article [three-A] five-B of [the domestic relations law] ______ 9 this act, pursuant to a reference from the supreme court under section _________ 10 two hundred fifty-one of the domestic relations law or under the 11 provisions of [articles] article four, five or five-A of this act (i) _______ 12 shall direct that payments of child support or combined child and spous- 13 al support collected on behalf of persons in receipt of services pursu- 14 ant to section one hundred eleven-g of the social services law, or on 15 behalf of persons in receipt of public assistance be made to the support 16 collection unit designated by the appropriate social services district, 17 which shall receive and disburse funds so paid; or (ii) shall be 18 enforced pursuant to subdivision(c) of section five thousand two hundred 19 forty-two of the civil practice law and rules at the same time that the 20 court issues an order of support; and (iii) shall in either case, except 21 as provided for herein, be effective as of the earlier of the date of 22 the filing of the petition therefor, or, if the children for whom 23 support is sought are in receipt of public assistance, the date for 24 which their eligibility for public assistance was effective. Any retro- 25 active amount of support due shall be support arrears/past due support 26 and shall be paid in one sum or periodic sums, as the court directs, and 27 any amount of temporary support which has been paid to be taken into 28 account in calculating any amount of such retroactive support due. In 29 addition, such retroactive child support shall be enforceable in any 30 manner provided by law including, but not limited to, an execution for 31 support enforcement pursuant to subdivision (b) of section fifty-two 32 hundred forty-one of the civil practice law and rules. When a child 33 receiving support is a public assistance recipient, or the order of 34 support is being enforced or is to be enforced pursuant to section one 35 hundred eleven-g of the social services law, the court shall establish 36 the amount of retroactive child support and notify the parties that such 37 amount shall [been forced] be enforced by the support collection unit ___________ 38 pursuant to an execution for support enforcement as provided for in 39 subdivision (b) of section fifty-two hundred forty-one of the civil 40 practice law and rules, or in such periodic payments as would have been 41 authorized had such an execution been issued. In such case, the court 42 shall not direct the schedule of repayment of retroactive support. 43 Where such direction is for child support and paternity has been estab- 44 lished by a voluntary acknowledgment of paternity as defined in section 45 forty-one hundred thirty-five-b of the public health law, the court 46 shall inquire of the parties whether the acknowledgment has been duly 47 filed, and unless satisfied that it has been so filed shall require the 48 clerk of the court to file such acknowledgment with the appropriate 49 registrar within five business days. The court shall not direct that 50 support payments be made to the support collection unit unless the 51 child, who is the subject of the order, is in receipt of public assist- 52 ance or child support services pursuant to section one hundred eleven-g 53 of the social services law. Any such order shall be enforceable pursu- 54 ant to section fifty-two hundred forty-one or fifty-two hundred forty- 55 two of the civil practice law and rules, or in any other manner provided 56 by law. Such orders or judgments for child support and maintenance S. 5771 42 1 shall also be enforceable pursuant to article fifty-two of the civil 2 practice law and rules upon a debtor's default as such term is defined 3 in paragraph seven of subdivision (a) of section fifty-two hundred 4 forty-one of the civil practice law and rules. The establishment of a 5 default shall be subject to the procedures established for the determi- 6 nation of a mistake of fact for income executions pursuant to subdivi- 7 sion (e) of section fifty-two hundred forty-one of the civil practice 8 law and rules. For the purposes of enforcement of child support orders 9 or combined spousal and child support orders pursuant to section five 10 thousand two hundred forty-one of the civil practice law and rules, a 11 "default" shall be deemed to include amounts arising from retroactive 12 support. Where permitted under federal law and where the record of the 13 proceedings contains such information, such order shall include on its 14 face the social security number and the name and address of the employ- 15 er, if any, of the person chargeable with support provided, however, 16 that failure to comply with this requirement shall not invalidate such 17 order. 18  46. Subdivisions 2 and 4 of section 440 of the family court act, as 19 amended by chapter 809 of the laws of 1985, are amended to read as 20 follows: 21 2. The court shall require any person chargeable with support under 22 the provisions of article [three-A] five-B of [the domestic relations ______ 23 law] this act or under any support order made pursuant to a reference _________ 24 from the supreme court under section two hundred fifty-one of the domes- 25 tic relations law or in any proceeding under the provisions of article 26 four, five or five-A of this [chapter] act to provide his or her social ___ 27 security number, the name and address of his or her employer and to 28 report any changes of employer or change in employment status affecting 29 compensation received, including rate of compensation or loss of employ- 30 ment,to the support collection unit designated by the appropriate social 31 services district and to keep such support collection unit advised of 32 his or her current employer and current employment status; provided, 33 however, that a social security number may be required only where 34 permitted under federal law. 35 4. Any support order made by the court in any proceeding under the 36 provisions of article [three-A] five-B of [the domestic relations law] ______ 37 this act, pursuant to a reference from the supreme court under section _________ 38 two hundred fifty-one of the domestic relations law or under the 39 provisions of article four, five or five-A of this act shall include, on 40 its face, a notice printed or typewritten in a size equal to at least 41 eight point bold type informing the respondent that a willful failure to 42 obey the order may, after court hearing, result in commitment to jail 43 for a term not to exceed six months for contempt of court. 44  47. Section 448 of the family court act, as amended by chapter 892 45 of the laws of 1986, is amended to read as follows: 46  448. Enforcement by income deduction. Orders of support shall be 47 enforceable pursuant to section fifty-two hundred forty-one or fifty-two 48 hundred forty-two of the civil practice law and rules, or in any other 49 manner provided by law. The family court is hereby authorized to enter 50 an order with respect to an income deduction, in accordance with the 51 provisions of section fifty-two hundred forty-two of the civil practice 52 law and rules, in any support proceeding under the provisions of article 53 [three-A] five-B of [the domestic relations law,] this act under any ______ ________ 54 support order made pursuant to a reference from the supreme court under 55 section two hundred fifty-one of the domestic relations law or in any S. 5771 43 1 support proceeding under the provisions of article four, five or five-A 2 of this [chapter] act. ___ 3  48. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 1 of section 460 of the family 4 court act, as amended by chapter 815 of the laws of 1987, is amended to 5 read as follows: 6 (d) awarding support under article [3-A] five-B of [the domestic ______ 7 relations law] this act; or ________ 8  49. Subdivision 14 of section 111-b of the social services law, as 9 added by chapter 170 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows: 10 14. The department is authorized to receive and transmit funds paid 11 pursuant to any order of child support or child and spousal support 12 issued on or after the first day of January, nineteen hundred ninety- 13 four under the provisions of [article three-A or] section two hundred 14 thirty-six or two hundred forty of the domestic relations law, or arti- 15 cle four, five [or], five-A or five-B of the family court act, and which _ _________ 16 the court has ordered to be paid pursuant to an income deduction order 17 issued by the court pursuant to subdivision (c) of section five thousand 18 two hundred forty-two of the civil practice law and rules. Such funds 19 received shall be transmitted within five business days of their 20 receipt. The department shall maintain records of its receipt and tran- 21 smission of funds and furnish such records to the parties to the order 22 upon request. The department shall be entitled to collect an annual 23 service fee not to exceed the maximum fee permitted pursuant to federal 24 law for its provision of such services. Funds received in satisfaction 25 of such fee shall be deposited in an account and shall be made available 26 to the department for costs incurred in the implementation of this 27 section. The department shall not furnish any additional services to 28 the parties to enforce the support obligation; however, a party seeking 29 enforcement of a support obligation may apply for enforcement services 30 pursuant to section one hundred eleven-g of this title. The department 31 shall not be responsible for the receipt and transmission of any funds 32 until after it has received a copy of the income deduction order and the 33 person entitled to the payment of support pursuant to the order of 34 support has submitted payment of the annual service fee, and unless its 35 records show that it has received such funds on behalf of the parties to 36 the order, and that the party to whom the funds are to be transmitted 37 has provided the department with his or her correct address. 38  50. Paragraph f of subdivision 2 of section 111-c of the social 39 services law, as added by chapter 809 of the laws of 1985, is amended to 40 read as follows: 41 f. confer with a potential respondent, respondent or other interested 42 person in a proceeding under article four, five [or], five-A or five-B _ _________ 43 of the family court act [or article three-A of the domestic relations 44 law] in an attempt to obtain support payments from such potential 45 respondent or respondent; 46  51. Subdivisions 1, 5, 8 and 10 of section 111-h of the social 47 services law, as added by chapter 516 of the laws of 1977, subdivision 1 48 as amended by chapter 502 of the laws of 1990, subdivision 5 as amended 49 by chapter 655 of the laws of 1978 and subdivision 8 as amended by chap- 50 ter 815 of the laws of 1987, are amended to read as follows: 51 1. Each social services district shall establish a support collection 52 unit in accordance with regulations of the department to collect, 53 account for and disburse funds paid pursuant to any order of child 54 support or child and spousal support issued under the provisions of 55 [article three-A or] section two hundred thirty-six or two hundred forty 56 of the domestic relations law, or article four, five, [or] five-A or __ S. 5771 44 1 five-B of the family court act; provided however, that the department, ______ 2 subject to availability of funds, shall furnish centralized collection 3 and disbursement services for and on behalf of each social services 4 district. Until such time as the department performs collection and 5 disbursement functions for a particular social services district, that 6 social services district shall continue to perform those functions. 7 5. With respect to any funds paid to the support collection unit 8 established by a social services district pursuant to an order of 9 support under the provisions of article four, five [or], five-A or _ __ 10 five-B of the family court act and which have remained unclaimed for not ______ 11 less than two years after diligent effort to locate the person entitled 12 to such funds, the family court may enter an order decreeing 13 (a) that the funds be returned to the person who paid the funds pursu- 14 ant to the order of support, or 15 (b) that the funds be deposited with the county treasurer or commis- 16 sioner of finance of the city of New York, whose duty it shall be to 17 receive such funds and invest them for a period of five years in such 18 securities as are specified by law for investment by savings banks, the 19 interest on such securities to accrue and become part of such funds. 20 8. Banks and other fiduciary institutions are authorized and required 21 to report to the support collection unit, when so requested, full infor- 22 mation relative to any fund therein deposited by a petitioner or 23 respondent in a proceeding under [article three-A or] section two 24 hundred thirty-six or two hundred forty of the domestic relations law or __ 25 article five-B of the family court act, where there is an order of ____________________________________________ 26 support payable through the support collection unit or article four, 27 five or five-A of the family court act. 28 10. The support collection unit is authorized and required to report 29 to the family court, when so requested, full information relative to 30 amounts paid or any arrearages by a respondent in a proceeding under 31 articles four, five [or], five-A or article five-B of the family court _ _________________ 32 act. 33  52. Subdivision 1 of section 111-y of the social services law, as 34 added by chapter 809 of the laws of 1985 and such section as renumbered 35 by section sixteen of this act, is amended to read as follows: 36 1. The department shall provide services for the crediting of over- 37 payments of tax to past-due support, pursuant to section one hundred 38 seventy-one-c of the tax law, which is owed to any current or former 39 spouse entitled to enforce an order of support, who applies to the 40 department for such services, if such spouse is not eligible to receive 41 services pursuant to title six-A of this article. For purposes of this 42 section, "order of support" means any final order, decree or judgment in 43 a matrimonial action or family court proceeding, or any foreign support 44 order, decree or judgment which is registered pursuant to [section thir- 45 ty-seven-a of the domestic relations law,] article five-B of the family _____________________________ 46 court act which requires the payment of alimony, maintenance or support. _________ 47  53. Subdivision 1 of section 111-z of the social services law, as 48 added by chapter 809 of the laws of 1985, such section as renumbered by 49 section ninety-three of this act, is amended to read as follows: 50 1. The department shall provide services for the crediting of over- 51 payments of tax to past-due support, pursuant to section one hundred 52 seventy-one-c of the tax law, which is owed to persons entitled to 53 enforce an order of support, for persons not receiving public assistance 54 who are eligible to receive services pursuant to title six-A of this 55 article, but who do not receive such services. For purposes of this 56 section, "order of support" shall mean any final order, decree or judg- S. 5771 45 1 ment in a matrimonial action or family court proceeding, or any foreign 2 support order, decree or judgment which is registered pursuant to 3 [section thirty-seven-a of the domestic relations law,] article five-B ______________ 4 of the family court act which requires the payment of alimony, mainte- _________________________ 5 nance, support or child support. 6  54. The social services law is amended by adding six new sections 7 111-p, 111-q, 111-r, 111-s, 111-t and 111-v to read as follows: 8  111-p. Authority to issue subpoenas. The department or the child ______________________________________________________________________ 9 support enforcement unit coordinator or support collection unit supervi- ________________________________________________________________________ 10 sor of a social services district, or his or her designee, or another ________________________________________________________________________ 11 state's child support enforcement agency governed by title IV-D of the ________________________________________________________________________ 12 social security act, shall be authorized, whether or not a proceeding is ________________________________________________________________________ 13 currently pending, to subpoena from any person, public or private entity ________________________________________________________________________ 14 or governmental agency, and such person, entity or agency shall provide ________________________________________________________________________ 15 any financial or other information needed to establish paternity and to ________________________________________________________________________ 16 establish, modify or enforce any support order. If a subpoena is served ________________________________________________________________________ 17 when a petition is not currently pending, the supreme court or a judge ________________________________________________________________________ 18 of the family court may hear and decide all motions relating to the ________________________________________________________________________ 19 subpoena. If the subpoena is served after a petition has been served, ________________________________________________________________________ 20 the court in which the petition is returnable shall hear and decide all ________________________________________________________________________ 21 motions relating to the subpoena. Any such person, entity, or agency ________________________________________________________________________ 22 shall provide the subpoenaed information by the date as specified in the ________________________________________________________________________ 23 subpoena. Such subpoena shall be subject to the provisions of article ________________________________________________________________________ 24 twenty-three of the civil practice law and rules. The department or ________________________________________________________________________ 25 district may impose a penalty for failure to respond to such information ________________________________________________________________________ 26 subpoenas pursuant to section twenty-three hundred eight of the civil ________________________________________________________________________ 27 practice law and rules. _______________________ 28  111-q. Voiding of fraudulent transfers of income or property. The ______________________________________________________________________ 29 department or a social services district, or its authorized represen- ________________________________________________________________________ 30 tative, after obtaining information that a debtor has transferred ________________________________________________________________________ 31 income, property or other assets to avoid payment to a child support ________________________________________________________________________ 32 creditor shall, pursuant to article ten of the debtor and creditor law ________________________________________________________________________ 33 (1) commence a proceeding to void such transfer; or (2) obtain a settle- ________________________________________________________________________ 34 ment that is in the best interests of the child support creditor. ________________________________________________________________________ 35 Provided, however, that no settlement shall reduce or annul any arrears ________________________________________________________________________ 36 of child support which have accrued prior to the date of settlement. ____________________________________________________________________ 37  111-r. Requirement to respond to requests for information. All ______________________________________________________________________ 38 employers, as defined in section one hundred eleven-m of this article ________________________________________________________________________ 39 (including for-profit, not-for-profit and governmental employers), are ________________________________________________________________________ 40 required to provide information promptly on the employment, compensation ________________________________________________________________________ 41 and benefits of any individual employed by such employer as an employee ________________________________________________________________________ 42 or contractor, when the department or a social services district or its ________________________________________________________________________ 43 authorized representative, or another state's child support enforcement ________________________________________________________________________ 44 agency governed by title IV-D of the social security act, requests such ________________________________________________________________________ 45 information for the purpose of establishing paternity, or establishing, ________________________________________________________________________ 46 modifying or enforcing an order of support. To the extent feasible, ________________________________________________________________________ 47 such information shall be requested and provided using automated ________________________________________________________________________ 48 systems, and shall include, but is not limited to, information regarding ________________________________________________________________________ 49 the individual's last known address, date of birth, social security ________________________________________________________________________ 50 number, plans providing health care or other medical benefits by insur- ________________________________________________________________________ 51 ance or otherwise, wages, salaries, earnings or other income of such ________________________________________________________________________ 52 individual. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, ________________________________________________________________________ 53 such officials are not required to obtain an order from any judicial or ________________________________________________________________________ 54 administrative tribunal in order to request or receive such information. ________________________________________________________________________ 55 The department shall be authorized to impose a penalty for failure to ________________________________________________________________________ S. 5771 46 1 respond to such requests of five hundred dollars for an initial failure ________________________________________________________________________ 2 and seven hundred dollars for the second and subsequent failure. ________________________________________________________________ 3  111-s. Access to information contained in government and private ______________________________________________________________________ 4 records. 1. For the purpose of establishing paternity, or establish- ________________________________________________________________________ 5 ing, modifying or enforcing an order of support, the department or a ________________________________________________________________________ 6 social services district or its authorized representative, and child ________________________________________________________________________ 7 support enforcement agencies of other states established pursuant to ________________________________________________________________________ 8 title IV-D of the social security act, without the necessity of obtain- ________________________________________________________________________ 9 ing an order from any other judicial or administrative tribunal and ________________________________________________________________________ 10 subject to safeguards on privacy and information security, shall have ________________________________________________________________________ 11 access to information contained in the following records: _________________________________________________________ 12 (a) records of other state and local government agencies including: ____________________________________________________________________ 13 (i) vital statistics (including records of marriage, birth and ______________________________________________________________________ 14 divorce); _________ 15 (ii) state and local tax and revenue records (including information ______________________________________________________________________ 16 on residence address, employer, income and assets); ___________________________________________________ 17 (iii) records concerning real and titled personal property; ____________________________________________________________ 18 (iv) records of occupational and professional licenses, and records ______________________________________________________________________ 19 concerning the ownership and control of corporations, partnerships and ________________________________________________________________________ 20 other business entities; ________________________ 21 (v) employment security records; _________________________________ 22 (vi) records of agencies administering public assistance programs; ___________________________________________________________________ 23 (vii) records of the department of motor vehicles; and _______________________________________________________ 24 (viii) corrections records; and ________________________________ 25 (b) certain records held by private corporations, companies, or other ______________________________________________________________________ 26 entities with respect to individuals who owe or are owed support (or ________________________________________________________________________ 27 against or with respect to whom a support obligation is being sought), ________________________________________________________________________ 28 consisting of: ______________ 29 (i) pursuant to an administrative subpoena authorized by section one ______________________________________________________________________ 30 hundred eleven-p of this title, the names, addresses, telephone numbers ________________________________________________________________________ 31 and dates of birth of such individuals, and the names and addresses of ________________________________________________________________________ 32 the employers of such individuals, as appearing in customer records of ________________________________________________________________________ 33 public utilities companies and corporations, including, but not limited ________________________________________________________________________ 34 to, cable television, gas, electric, steam, and telephone companies and ________________________________________________________________________ 35 corporations, as defined in section two of the public service law, doing ________________________________________________________________________ 36 business within the state of New York; and __________________________________________ 37 (ii) information on such individuals held by financial institutions, ______________________________________________________________________ 38 including information regarding assets and liabilities. _______________________________________________________ 39 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any ______________________________________________________________________ 40 government or private entity to which a request for access to informa- ________________________________________________________________________ 41 tion is directed pursuant to subdivision one of this section, is author- ________________________________________________________________________ 42 ized and required to comply with such request. To the extent feasible, ________________________________________________________________________ 43 access to such information shall be requested and provided using auto- ________________________________________________________________________ 44 mated systems. Any government or private entity which discloses infor- ________________________________________________________________________ 45 mation pursuant to this section shall not be liable under any federal or ________________________________________________________________________ 46 state law to any person for such disclosure, or for any other action ________________________________________________________________________ 47 taken in good faith to comply with this subdivision. ____________________________________________________ 48  111-t. Authority to secure assets. The department or a social ______________________________________________________________________ 49 services district or its authorized representative, or another state's ________________________________________________________________________ 50 child support enforcement agency governed by title IV-D of the social ________________________________________________________________________ 51 security act, for the purpose of collecting overdue support, shall be ________________________________________________________________________ 52 authorized in accordance with all applicable provisions of law, to ________________________________________________________________________ 53 secure assets otherwise due a support obligor by: _________________________________________________ 54 1. intercepting or seizing periodic or lump sum payments due such ______________________________________________________________________ 55 obligor from: _____________ S. 5771 47 1 (a) a state or local agency, including unemployment compensation, ______________________________________________________________________ 2 workers' compensation, and other benefits; and ______________________________________________ 3 (b) judgments, settlements and lottery winnings; _________________________________________________ 4 2. attaching and seizing assets of such obligors which are held in ______________________________________________________________________ 5 financial institutions; _______________________ 6 3. attaching public and private retirement funds of such obligors; ______________________________________________________________________ 7 and ___ 8 4. imposing liens against real and personal property owned by such ______________________________________________________________________ 9 obligors; and where appropriate, forcing the sale of property owned by ________________________________________________________________________ 10 such obligors and distributing proceeds from the sale of such proper- ________________________________________________________________________ 11 ties. _____ 12  111-v. Confidentiality, integrity, and security of information. 1. ______________________________________________________________________ 13 The department, in consultation with appropriate agencies including but ________________________________________________________________________ 14 not limited to the New York state office for the prevention of domestic ________________________________________________________________________ 15 violence, shall by regulation prescribe and implement safeguards on the ________________________________________________________________________ 16 confidentiality, integrity, accuracy, access, and the use of all confi- ________________________________________________________________________ 17 dential information and other data handled or maintained, including data ________________________________________________________________________ 18 obtained pursuant to section one hundred eleven-o of this article and ________________________________________________________________________ 19 including such information and data maintained in the automated child ________________________________________________________________________ 20 support enforcement system. Such information and data shall be main- ________________________________________________________________________ 21 tained in a confidential manner designed to protect the privacy rights ________________________________________________________________________ 22 of the parties and shall not be disclosed except for the purpose of, and ________________________________________________________________________ 23 to the extent necessary to, establish paternity, or establish, modify or ________________________________________________________________________ 24 enforce an order of support. ____________________________ 25 2. These safeguards shall include provisions for the following: _______________________________________________________________ 26 (a) Policies restricting access to and sharing of information and ______________________________________________________________________ 27 data, including: ________________ 28 (1) safeguards against unauthorized use or disclosure of information ______________________________________________________________________ 29 relating to procedures or actions to establish paternity or to establish ________________________________________________________________________ 30 or enforce support; ___________________ 31 (2) prohibitions against the release of information on the whereabouts ______________________________________________________________________ 32 of one party to another party against whom an order of protection with ________________________________________________________________________ 33 respect to the former party has been entered; and _________________________________________________ 34 (3) prohibitions against the release of information on the whereabouts ______________________________________________________________________ 35 of one party to another party if the department has reason to believe ________________________________________________________________________ 36 that the release of the information may result in the physical or ________________________________________________________________________ 37 emotional harm to the former party. ___________________________________ 38 (b) Systems controls to ensure strict adherence to policies. ____________________________________________________________ 39 (c) Monitoring of access to and use of the automated system to prevent ______________________________________________________________________ 40 unauthorized access or use. ___________________________ 41 (d) Training in security procedures for all staff with access, and ______________________________________________________________________ 42 provisions of information regarding these requirements and penalties. _____________________________________________________________________ 43 (e) Administrative penalties for unauthorized access, disclosure, or ______________________________________________________________________ 44 use of confidential data. _________________________ 45 3. If any person discloses confidential information in violation of ______________________________________________________________________ 46 this section, any individual who incurs damages due to the disclosure ________________________________________________________________________ 47 may recover such damages in a civil action. ___________________________________________ 48 4. Any person who willfully releases or permits the release of any ______________________________________________________________________ 49 confidential information obtained pursuant to this title to persons or ________________________________________________________________________ 50 agencies not authorized by this title or regulations promulgated there- ________________________________________________________________________ 51 under to receive it shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor. _____________________________________________________________ 52 5. The safeguards established pursuant to this section shall apply to ______________________________________________________________________ 53 staff of the department, local social services districts, and any ________________________________________________________________________ 54 contractor. ___________ S. 5771 48 1  55. Section 2301 of the civil practice law and rules, the section 2 heading as amended by chapter 388 of the laws of 1964, is amended to 3 read as follows: 4  2301. Scope of subpoena. A subpoena requires the attendance of a 5 person to give testimony. A subpoena duces tecum requires production of 6 books, papers and other things. A child support subpoena is a subpoena ______________________________________ 7 issued pursuant to section one hundred eleven-p of the social services ________________________________________________________________________ 8 law by the department of social services or a social services district, ________________________________________________________________________ 9 or its authorized representative, or another state's child support ________________________________________________________________________ 10 enforcement agency governed by title IV-D of the social security act. _____________________________________________________________________ 11  56. Subdivision (a) of section 2302 of the civil practice law and 12 rules, as amended by chapter 183 of the laws of 1989, is amended to read 13 as follows: 14 (a) Without court order. Subpoenas may be issued without a court 15 order by the clerk of the court, a judge where there is no clerk, the 16 attorney general, an attorney of record for a party to an action, an 17 administrative proceeding or an arbitration, an arbitrator, a referee, 18 or any member of a board, commission or committee authorized by law to 19 hear, try or determine a matter or to do any other act, in an official 20 capacity, in relation to which proof may be taken or the attendance of a 21 person as a witness may be required; provided, however, that a subpoena 22 to compel production of a patient's clinical record maintained pursuant 23 to the provisions of section 33.13 of the mental hygiene law shall be 24 accompanied by a court order. A child support subpoena may be issued by _________________________________________ 25 the department, or the child support enforcement unit coordinator or ________________________________________________________________________ 26 support collection unit supervisor of a social services district, or his ________________________________________________________________________ 27 or her designee, or another state's child support enforcement agency ________________________________________________________________________ 28 governed by title IV-D of the social security act. __________________________________________________ 29  57. Section 2303 of the civil practice law and rules, as amended by 30 chapter 618 of the laws of 1982, is amended to read as follows: 31  2303. Service of subpoena; payment of fees in advance. (a) A ___ 32 subpoena requiring attendance or a subpoena duces tecum shall be served ______________________________________________ 33 in the same manner as a summons, except that where service of such a ____ 34 subpoena is made pursuant to subdivision two or four of section three 35 hundred eight of this chapter, the filing of proof of service shall not 36 be required and service shall be deemed complete upon the later of the 37 delivering or mailing of the subpoena, if made pursuant to subdivision 38 two of section three hundred eight of this chapter, or upon the later of 39 the affixing or mailing of the subpoena, if made pursuant to subdivision 40 four of section three hundred eight of this chapter. Any person subpoe- 41 naed shall be paid or tendered in advance authorized traveling expenses 42 and one day's witness fee. 43 (b) A child support subpoena issued pursuant to section one hundred ______________________________________________________________________ 44 eleven-p of the social services law to public utility companies and ________________________________________________________________________ 45 corporations, including but not limited to cable television, gas, elec- ________________________________________________________________________ 46 tric, steam, and telephone companies and corporations, as defined in ________________________________________________________________________ 47 section two of the public service law, may be served by regular mail, or ________________________________________________________________________ 48 through an automated process where information sought is maintained in ________________________________________________________________________ 49 an automated data base. All other child support subpoenas issued pursu- ________________________________________________________________________ 50 ant to section one hundred eleven-p of the social services law shall be ________________________________________________________________________ 51 served in accordance with the provisions of subdivision (a) of this ________________________________________________________________________ 52 section. ________ 53  58. Section 2304 of the civil practice law and rules, as amended by 54 chapter 388 of the laws of 1964, is amended to read as follows: 55  2304. Motion to quash, fix conditions or modify. A motion to quash, 56 fix conditions or modify a subpoena shall be made promptly in the court S. 5771 49 1 in which the subpoena is returnable. If the subpoena is not returnable 2 in a court, a request to withdraw or modify the subpoena shall first be 3 made to the person who issued it and a motion to quash, fix conditions 4 or modify may thereafter be made in the supreme court; except that such __________________ 5 motion with respect to a child support subpoena issued pursuant to ________________________________________________________________________ 6 section one hundred eleven-p of the social services law shall be made to ________________________________________________________________________ 7 a judge of the family court or the supreme court. Reasonable conditions ________________________________________________ 8 may be imposed upon the granting or denial of a motion to quash or modi- 9 fy. 10  59. Subdivision (b) of section 2308 of the civil practice law and 11 rules, as amended by chapter 25 of the laws of 1977, is amended to read 12 as follows: 13 (b) Non-judicial. (1) Unless otherwise provided, if a person fails to ___ 14 comply with a subpoena which is not returnable in a court, the issuer or 15 the person on whose behalf the subpoena was issued may move in the 16 supreme court to compel compliance. If the court finds that the subpoena 17 was authorized, it shall order compliance and may impose costs not 18 exceeding fifty dollars. A subpoenaed person shall also be liable to the 19 person on whose behalf the subpoena was issued for a penalty not exceed- 20 ing fifty dollars and damages sustained by reason of the failure to 21 comply. A court may issue a warrant directing a sheriff to bring the 22 witness before the person or body requiring his appearance. If a person 23 so subpoenaed attends or is brought before such person or body, but 24 refuses without reasonable cause to be examined, or to answer a legal 25 and pertinent question, or to produce a book, paper or other thing which 26 he was directed to produce by the subpoena, or to subscribe his deposi- 27 tion after it has been correctly reduced to writing, the court, upon 28 proof by affidavit, may issue a warrant directed to the sheriff of the 29 county where the person is, committing him to jail, there to remain 30 until he submits to do the act which he was so required to do or is 31 discharged according to law. Such a warrant of commitment shall specify 32 particularly the cause of the commitment and, if the witness is commit- 33 ted for refusing to answer a question, the question shall be inserted in 34 the warrant. 35 (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph one of this subdivi- ______________________________________________________________________ 36 sion, if a person fails to comply with a subpoena issued pursuant to ________________________________________________________________________ 37 section one hundred eleven-p of the social services law by the depart- ________________________________________________________________________ 38 ment of social services or a social services district, or its authorized ________________________________________________________________________ 39 representative, or another state's child support enforcement agency ________________________________________________________________________ 40 governed by title IV-D of the social security act, such department or ________________________________________________________________________ 41 district is authorized to impose a penalty against the subpoenaed ________________________________________________________________________ 42 person. The amount of the penalty shall be determined by the commission- ________________________________________________________________________ 43 er of the department of social services and set forth in regulation, and ________________________________________________________________________ 44 shall not exceed fifty dollars. Payment of the penalty shall not be ________________________________________________________________________ 45 required, however, if in response to notification of the imposition of ________________________________________________________________________ 46 the penalty the subpoenaed person complies immediately with the subpoe- ________________________________________________________________________ 47 na. ___ 48  60. Section 153 of the family court act, as amended by chapter 809 49 of the laws of 1963, is amended to read as follows: 50  153. Subpoena, warrant and other process to compel attendance. The 51 family court may issue a subpoena or in a proper case a warrant or other 52 process to secure or compel the attendance of an adult respondent or 53 child or any other person whose testimony or presence at a hearing or 54 proceeding is deemed by the court to be necessary, and to admit to, fix 55 or accept bail, or parole him pending the completion of the hearing or 56 proceeding. The court is also authorized to issue a subpoena duces tecum S. 5771 50 1 in accordance with the applicable provisions of the civil practice act 2 and, upon its effective date, in accordance with the applicable 3 provisions of the CPLR. A judge of the family court is also authorized ______________________________________________ 4 to hear and decide motions relating to child support subpoenas issued ________________________________________________________________________ 5 pursuant to section one hundred eleven-p of the social services law. ____________________________________________________________________ 6  61. Paragraph 4 of subdivision (c) of section 5205 of the civil 7 practice law and rules, as amended by chapter 93 of the laws of 1995, is 8 amended to read as follows: 9 4. This subdivision shall not impair any rights an individual has 10 under a qualified domestic relations order as that term is defined in 11 section 414(p) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as 12 amended or under any order of support, alimony or maintenance of any ________________________________________________________________ 13 court of competent jurisdiction to enforce arrears/past due support ________________________________________________________________________ 14 whether or not such arrears/past due support have been reduced to a ________________________________________________________________________ 15 money judgment. ______________ 16  62. The lien law is amended by adding a new section 65 to read as 17 follows: 18  65. Arrears/past due support. 1. The New York state department of ______________________________________________________________________ 19 social services, or a local social services district, or its authorized ________________________________________________________________________ 20 representative, on behalf of persons receiving services under title ________________________________________________________________________ 21 six-A of article three of the social services law, shall have a lien ________________________________________________________________________ 22 against real property owned by a support obligor when such support obli- ________________________________________________________________________ 23 gor is under a court order to pay child support or combined child and ________________________________________________________________________ 24 spousal support to a support collection unit and such support obligor ________________________________________________________________________ 25 has accumulated support arrears/past due support in an amount equal to ________________________________________________________________________ 26 or greater than the amount of current support due for a period of four ________________________________________________________________________ 27 months. Such lien shall be in an amount sufficient to satisfy such ________________________________________________________________________ 28 support arrears/past due support. Such lien shall be enforceable upon ________________________________________________________________________ 29 filing a notice of lien in the office of the clerk of the county in ________________________________________________________________________ 30 which real property subject to any such lien is situated. In the event ________________________________________________________________________ 31 the real property is located in more than one county, filing shall occur ________________________________________________________________________ 32 in the office of the clerk in each county where the real property is ________________________________________________________________________ 33 situated. The county clerk of each county shall accept and maintain the ________________________________________________________________________ 34 notice of lien as part of a comprehensive index of liens against real ________________________________________________________________________ 35 property. If a child support obligor against whom a lien is filed subse- ________________________________________________________________________ 36 quently acquires an interest in real property, the lien shall be ________________________________________________________________________ 37 perfected and have effect upon the recording or filing of the instrument ________________________________________________________________________ 38 by which such interest is obtained. The filing of notice of lien or a ________________________________________________________________________ 39 release of lien may be done by electronic means and without payment of a ________________________________________________________________________ 40 fee. ____ 41 2. Said lien shall terminate upon payment in full of all support ______________________________________________________________________ 42 arrears/past due support. The department may file a release of lien ________________________________________________________________________ 43 against specified property, which action shall not of itself discharge a ________________________________________________________________________ 44 lien arising by operation of law. _________________________________ 45 3. The state shall accord full faith and credit to liens which arise ______________________________________________________________________ 46 in another state when such state agency, party or other entity seeking ________________________________________________________________________ 47 to enforce such a lien complies with the procedural rules relating to ________________________________________________________________________ 48 filing or serving liens pursuant to this section and section one hundred ________________________________________________________________________ 49 eleven-u of the social services law. Such rules may not require judicial ________________________________________________________________________ 50 notice or hearing prior to enforcement of such a lien. ______________________________________________________ 51 4. For the purposes of determining whether a support obligor has accu- ______________________________________________________________________ 52 mulated support arrears/past due support for a period of four months, ________________________________________________________________________ 53 the existence of any retroactive support shall not be included in the ________________________________________________________________________ 54 calculation of arrears/past due support pursuant to this section; howev- ________________________________________________________________________ 55 er, if at least four months of support arrears/past due support has ________________________________________________________________________ 56 accumulated subsequent to the date of the court order, the entire amount ________________________________________________________________________ S. 5771 51 1 of any retroactive support may be collected pursuant to the provisions ________________________________________________________________________ 2 of this section or as otherwise authorized by law. __________________________________________________ 3  63. The lien law is amended by adding a new section 211 to read as 4 follows: 5  211. Arrears/past due support. 1. The New York state department of ______________________________________________________________________ 6 social services, or a local social services district, or its authorized ________________________________________________________________________ 7 representative on behalf of persons receiving services under title six-A ________________________________________________________________________ 8 of article three of the social services law shall have a lien against ________________________________________________________________________ 9 personal property owned by a support obligor when such support obligor ________________________________________________________________________ 10 is under a court order to pay child support or combined child and spous- ________________________________________________________________________ 11 al support to a support collection unit and such support obligor has ________________________________________________________________________ 12 accumulated support arrears/past due support in an amount equal to or ________________________________________________________________________ 13 greater than the amount of current support due for a period of four ________________________________________________________________________ 14 months. Such lien shall be in an amount sufficient to satisfy such ________________________________________________________________________ 15 support arrears/past due support. Said lien shall be perfected in the ________________________________________________________________________ 16 case of a vehicle as that term is defined in section two thousand one ________________________________________________________________________ 17 hundred one of the vehicle and traffic law with the department of motor ________________________________________________________________________ 18 vehicles. The filing of a notice of lien or of a release of lien shall ________________________________________________________________________ 19 be completed without payment of a fee. The filing of notice of lien or ________________________________________________________________________ 20 release of lien may be done by electronic means. ________________________________________________ 21 2. The state shall accord full faith and credit to liens which arise ______________________________________________________________________ 22 in another state when such state agency, party or other entity seeking ________________________________________________________________________ 23 to enforce such a lien complies with the procedural rules relating to ________________________________________________________________________ 24 such liens as provided for in section one hundred eleven-u of the social ________________________________________________________________________ 25 services law, article forty-six of the vehicle and traffic law and arti- ________________________________________________________________________ 26 cle nine of this chapter as is appropriate. Such rules may not require ________________________________________________________________________ 27 judicial notice or hearing prior to enforcement of such a lien and ________________________________________________________________________ 28 enforcement shall be governed by article nine of this chapter. ______________________________________________________________ 29 3. For the purposes of determining whether a support obligor has accu- ______________________________________________________________________ 30 mulated support arrears/past due support for a period of four months, ________________________________________________________________________ 31 the existence of any retroactive support shall not be included in the ________________________________________________________________________ 32 calculation of arrears/past due support pursuant to this section; howev- ________________________________________________________________________ 33 er, if at least four months of support arrears/past due support has ________________________________________________________________________ 34 accumulated subsequent to the date of the court order, the entire amount ________________________________________________________________________ 35 of any retroactive support may be collected pursuant to the provision of ________________________________________________________________________ 36 this section or as otherwise authorized by law. _______________________________________________ 37  64. Section 571 of the family court act is amended by adding a new 38 subdivision 10 to read as follows: 39 10. When a person has applied for and is receiving public assistance ______________________________________________________________________ 40 and care to which an assignment of support rights has been made or has ________________________________________________________________________ 41 applied for and is receiving child support enforcement services pursuant ________________________________________________________________________ 42 to section one hundred eleven-g of the social services law, or is ________________________________________________________________________ 43 receiving such services in another state, and such person has an exist- ________________________________________________________________________ 44 ing order of support issued pursuant to this section, or article four, ________________________________________________________________________ 45 five or five-B of this act, or section two hundred forty of the domestic ________________________________________________________________________ 46 relations law, which does not direct that support payments be made to ________________________________________________________________________ 47 the support collection unit, the social services district shall, upon ________________________________________________________________________ 48 notice to the parties and without further judicial intervention, direct ________________________________________________________________________ 49 that support payments be made directly to the appropriate support ________________________________________________________________________ 50 collection unit. ________________ 51  65. The domestic relations law is amended by adding a new section 52 240-b to read as follows: 53  240-b. Order of support by parent. When the court makes an order ______________________________________________________________________ 54 of support pursuant to section two hundred forty of this article, and ________________________________________________________________________ 55 where permitted under federal law and where the record of the ________________________________________________________________________ 56 proceedings contains such information, the court shall require the ________________________________________________________________________ S. 5771 52 1 social security number of such parent to be affixed to such order; ________________________________________________________________________ 2 provided, however, that no such order shall be invalid because of the ________________________________________________________________________ 3 omission of such number. Where the record of the proceedings contains ________________________________________________________________________ 4 such information, such order shall also include on its face the name and ________________________________________________________________________ 5 address of the employer, if any, of the person chargeable with support ________________________________________________________________________ 6 provided, however, that failure to comply with this requirement shall ________________________________________________________________________ 7 not invalidate such order. Where the order of child support or combined ________________________________________________________________________ 8 child and spousal support is made on behalf of persons in receipt of ________________________________________________________________________ 9 public assistance or in receipt of services pursuant to section one ________________________________________________________________________ 10 hundred eleven-g of the social services law, the court shall require ________________________________________________________________________ 11 each party to provide, and update upon any change, the following infor- ________________________________________________________________________ 12 mation to the court by reporting such change to the support collection ________________________________________________________________________ 13 unit designated by the appropriate social services district: social ________________________________________________________________________ 14 security number, residential and mailing addresses, telephone number, ________________________________________________________________________ 15 driver's license number; and name, address and telephone number of the ________________________________________________________________________ 16 parties' employers. ___________________ 17  66. Section 443 of the family court act, as amended by chapter 544 18 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows: 19  443. Order of support by parent[; duration]. If the court finds 20 after a hearing that a parent is chargeable under section four hundred 21 thirteen of this act with the support of his or her child and is 22 possessed of sufficient means or able to earn such means, the court 23 shall make an order requiring the parent to pay weekly or at other fixed 24 periods a fair and reasonable sum for or towards the support of such 25 child. [The court shall require the parent to make his or her residence 26 known at all times should he or she move from the address last known to 27 the court by reporting such change to the support collection unit desig- 28 nated by the appropriate social services district. Failure to report 29 such change shall subject the parent to the provisions of section four 30 hundred fifty-four of this act.] Where permitted under federal law and 31 where the record of the proceedings contains such information, the court 32 shall also require the social security number of such parent to be 33 affixed to such order; provided, however, that no such order shall be 34 invalid because of the omission of such number. Where the record of the 35 proceedings contains such information, such order shall also include on 36 its face the name and address of the employer, if any, of the person 37 chargeable with support provided, however, that failure to comply with 38 this requirement shall not invalidate such order. Where the order of _____________________ 39 child support or combined child and spousal support is made on behalf of ________________________________________________________________________ 40 persons in receipt of public assistance or in receipt of services pursu- ________________________________________________________________________ 41 ant to section one hundred eleven-g of the social services law, the ________________________________________________________________________ 42 court shall require each party to provide, and update upon any change, ________________________________________________________________________ 43 the following information to the court by reporting such change to the ________________________________________________________________________ 44 support collection unit designated by the appropriate social services ________________________________________________________________________ 45 district: social security number, residential and mailing addresses, ________________________________________________________________________ 46 telephone number, driver's license number; and name, address and tele- ________________________________________________________________________ 47 phone number of the parties' employers. Failure to report such changes ________________________________________________________________________ 48 shall subject the parent to the provisions of section four hundred ________________________________________________________________________ 49 fifty-four of this act. _______________________ 50  67. The social services law is amended by adding a new section 51 111-u to read as follows: 52  111-u. Liens. 1. The department, or a social services district, or ______________________________________________________________________ 53 its authorized representative shall have a lien against real and ________________________________________________________________________ 54 personal property owned by a support obligor when such support obligor ________________________________________________________________________ 55 is under a court order to pay child support or combined child and spous- ________________________________________________________________________ 56 al support to a support collection unit on behalf of persons receiving ________________________________________________________________________ S. 5771 53 1 services under this title, and such obligor has accumulated support ________________________________________________________________________ 2 arrears/past due in an amount equal to or greater than the amount of ________________________________________________________________________ 3 current support due for a period of four months. Such lien shall incor- ________________________________________________________________________ 4 porate unpaid support which accrues in the future. __________________________________________________ 5 2. For the purposes of determining whether a support obligor has accu- ______________________________________________________________________ 6 mulated support arrears/past due support for a period of four months, ________________________________________________________________________ 7 the existence of any retroactive support shall not be included in the ________________________________________________________________________ 8 calculation of arrears/past due support pursuant to this section; howev- ________________________________________________________________________ 9 er, if at least four months of support arrears/past due support has ________________________________________________________________________ 10 accumulated subsequent to the date of the court order, the entire amount ________________________________________________________________________ 11 of any retroactive support may be collected pursuant to the provisions ________________________________________________________________________ 12 of this subdivision or as otherwise authorized by law. ______________________________________________________ 13 3. When the department, or a social services district, or its author- ______________________________________________________________________ 14 ized representative on behalf of a person receiving services pursuant to ________________________________________________________________________ 15 this title determines that the requisite amount of child support is past ________________________________________________________________________ 16 due, it shall send, by first class mail, a notice of intent to file a ________________________________________________________________________ 17 lien to the support obligor. The obligor may assert a mistake of fact ________________________________________________________________________ 18 and shall have an opportunity to make a submission in support of the ________________________________________________________________________ 19 assertion. The assertion and any supporting papers shall be submitted ________________________________________________________________________ 20 within thirty-five days from the date a notice was mailed. Thereafter, ________________________________________________________________________ 21 the social services official shall determine the merits of the ________________________________________________________________________ 22 assertion, and shall notify the obligor of its determination within ________________________________________________________________________ 23 ninety days after notice to the obligor was mailed. ___________________________________________________ 24 4. If the department finds no mistake of fact exists or, the obligor ______________________________________________________________________ 25 fails to assert a mistake of fact within the thirty-five days, the ________________________________________________________________________ 26 social services official may serve a notice of lien, which shall contain ________________________________________________________________________ 27 the caption of the support order and a statement of arrears and which ________________________________________________________________________ 28 shall constitute a lien on the property. The department shall not ________________________________________________________________________ 29 enforce its lien until after expiration of any applicable period for ________________________________________________________________________ 30 review of an administrative action or, if the obligor has initiated a ________________________________________________________________________ 31 proceeding pursuant to article seventy-eight of the civil practice law ________________________________________________________________________ 32 and rules, until completion of such review. ___________________________________________ 33 5. Filing of the notice of the lien shall be as provided in sections ______________________________________________________________________ 34 sixty-five and two hundred eleven of the lien law, article forty-six of ________________________________________________________________________ 35 the vehicle and traffic law, and as otherwise authorized by law. ________________________________________________________________ 36 6. Within five days before or thirty days after filing the notice of ______________________________________________________________________ 37 the lien, the department shall send by first class mail a copy of such ________________________________________________________________________ 38 notice upon the owner of the property. ______________________________________ 39  68. Subdivision (k) of section 2101 of the vehicle and traffic law, 40 as added by chapter 1134 of the laws of 1971, is amended to read as 41 follows: 42 (k) "Security interest" means an interest in a vehicle reserved or 43 created by agreement and which secures payment or performance of an 44 obligation. The term includes the interest of a lessor under a lease 45 intended as security. The term also includes an interest in a vehicle _______________________________________________ 46 pursuant to a lien arising under section two hundred eleven of the lien ________________________________________________________________________ 47 law and section one hundred eleven-u of the social services law. A secu- ________________________________________________________________ 48 rity interest is "perfected" when it is valid against third parties 49 generally, subject only to specific statutory exceptions. 50  69. Paragraph 1 of subdivision (a) of section 2105 of the vehicle 51 and traffic law, as added by chapter 1134 of the laws of 1971, is 52 amended to read as follows: 53 (1) The name, residence and mail address and social security number of __________________________ 54 the owner; S. 5771 54 1  70. Subdivision (b) of section 2103 of the vehicle and traffic law, 2 as added by chapter 1134 of the laws of 1971, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 (b) A lien given by statute to the United States, this state, or any 5 political subdivision of this state except for liens arising pursuant to ____________________________________ 6 section two hundred eleven of the lien law and section one hundred ________________________________________________________________________ 7 eleven-u of the social services law; ___________________________________ 8  71. Section 2106 of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by chapter 9 1134 of the laws of 1971, is amended to read as follows: 10  2106. Examination of records. The commissioner, upon receiving 11 application for a first certificate of title, shall check the identify- 12 ing number of the vehicle and the name or other identifier of the owner _____________________________________________ 13 shown in the application against the appropriate records of vehicles 14 required to be maintained. 15  72. Subdivision (b) of section 2116 of the vehicle and traffic law, 16 as added by chapter 1134 of the laws of 1971, is amended and a new 17 subdivision (c) is added to read as follows: 18 (b) [An] Except as provided for in subdivision (c) of this section, an _____________________________________________________________ 19 application for the naming of a lienholder or his assignee on a certif- 20 icate of title shall be accompanied by the required fee when mailed or 21 delivered to the commissioner. 22 (c) The filing of a notice of lien by the department of social ______________________________________________________________________ 23 services, or a local social services district, or its authorized repre- ________________________________________________________________________ 24 sentative, or a lien of another state agency operating under title IV-D ________________________________________________________________________ 25 of the social security act, shall constitute an application for the ________________________________________________________________________ 26 naming of a lienholder on a certificate of title. The filing of an ________________________________________________________________________ 27 application by any such agency shall be completed without payment of a ________________________________________________________________________ 28 fee. ____ 29  73. Subdivision (b) of section 2118 of the vehicle and traffic law, 30 as added by chapter 1134 of the laws of 1971 and subparagraph (A) of 31 paragraph 1 as amended by chapter 521 of the laws of 1972, is amended to 32 read as follows: 33 (b) (1) A security interest is perfected: 34 (A) By the delivery to the commissioner of (i) the existing certif- ___ 35 icate of title, if any, an application for a certificate of title 36 containing the name and address of the lienholder and the required fee 37 or (ii) a notice of lien evidencing a lien arising under section two ________________________________________________________________________ 38 hundred eleven of the lien law and section one hundred eleven-u of the ________________________________________________________________________ 39 social services law; ___________________ 40 (B) As of the time of its creation if the delivery is completed within 41 ten days thereafter, otherwise, as of the time of delivery. 42 (2) A security interest in a vehicle provided for in a security agree- 43 ment made by a person before he becomes the owner of the vehicle or __ 44 arising under section two hundred eleven of the lien law and section one ________________________________________________________________________ 45 hundred eleven-u of the social services law: ___________________________________________ 46 (A) Is deemed to be created at the time of the sale or transfer of the 47 vehicle to him; 48 (B) If not perfected under paragraph one of this subdivision is 49 perfected by the lienholder delivering to the commissioner a notice of 50 security interest in the form the commissioner prescribes and the 51 required fee or a notice of lien, but only if the delivery is completed ___________________ 52 before the commissioner issues a certificate of title of the vehicle 53 containing the name of the owner as owner; 54 (C) If so perfected, is perfected as of the time of the sale or trans- 55 fer of the vehicle to him if the delivery is completed within ten days 56 thereafter, otherwise, as of the time of delivery; S. 5771 55 1 (D) Is subject and subordinate to a security interest, perfected in 2 accordance with paragraph one of this subdivision, of a lienholder with- 3 out knowledge of it. 4 (3) The commissioner shall file each notice of security interest 5 delivered to him with the required fee and shall maintain a record, 6 under the identifying number of the vehicles, of all notices of security 7 interests filed by him. 8 (4) The commissioner shall file each notice of lien delivered to him ______________________________________________________________________ 9 and shall maintain a record pursuant to the agreement set forth in ________________________________________________________________________ 10 section twenty-one hundred five-a of this article. __________________________________________________ 11  74. Section 2122 of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by chapter 12 1134 of the laws of 1971, is amended to read as follows: 13  2122. Duty of lienholder. A lienholder named in a certificate of 14 title shall, upon written request of the owner or of another lienholder 15 named on the certificate, disclose any pertinent information as to his 16 security agreement and the indebtedness secured by it. The department _______________ 17 of social services, or a social services district, or its authorized ________________________________________________________________________ 18 representative shall be deemed to have complied with this section upon ________________________________________________________________________ 19 disclosing the name of the obligor and the amount of the debt. ______________________________________________________________ 20  75. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section 21 2105-a to read as follows: 22  2105-a. Liens on motor vehicles for failure to make child support ______________________________________________________________________ 23 payments. (a) The commissioner, on behalf of the department, shall enter ________________________________________________________________________ 24 into a written agreement with the commissioner of social services which ________________________________________________________________________ 25 shall set forth the procedures for creation of security interests on ________________________________________________________________________ 26 vehicles in favor of the department of social services, a social ________________________________________________________________________ 27 services district or its authorized representative as provided for in ________________________________________________________________________ 28 section two hundred eleven of the lien law and section one hundred ________________________________________________________________________ 29 eleven-u of the social services law. ____________________________________ 30 (b) Such agreement shall include: _________________________________ 31 (1) the procedures under which the department of social services shall ______________________________________________________________________ 32 notify the department of a security interest arising for failure to make ________________________________________________________________________ 33 payments of child support or combined child and spousal support, includ- ________________________________________________________________________ 34 ing data standards for determining that the person against whom such ________________________________________________________________________ 35 lien will be imposed is the person owing such arrears; ______________________________________________________ 36 (2) the procedures under which the department of social services shall ______________________________________________________________________ 37 notify the department that an individual has satisfied the security ________________________________________________________________________ 38 interest; _________ 39 (3) the procedure, subject to the approval of the director of the ______________________________________________________________________ 40 division of the budget, for reimbursement of the department and its ________________________________________________________________________ 41 agents for the additional costs of carrying out the procedures author- ________________________________________________________________________ 42 ized by this section, section two hundred eleven of the lien law and ________________________________________________________________________ 43 section one hundred eleven-u of the social services law; ________________________________________________________ 44 (4) such other matters as the parties to such agreement shall deem ______________________________________________________________________ 45 necessary to carry out the provisions of this section, section two ________________________________________________________________________ 46 hundred eleven of the lien law and section one hundred eleven-u of the ________________________________________________________________________ 47 social services law. ____________________ 48 (c) A security interest arising under section two hundred eleven of ______________________________________________________________________ 49 the lien law and entered into the records of the department pursuant to ________________________________________________________________________ 50 this article shall be listed on any subsequent certificate of title ________________________________________________________________________ 51 issued to such person for the same or any other vehicle. ________________________________________________________ 52 (d) Notwithstanding any other inconsistent provision of law, any ______________________________________________________________________ 53 purchaser of a vehicle which is subject to a security interest under ________________________________________________________________________ 54 this section, including a motor vehicle dealer registered under section ________________________________________________________________________ 55 four hundred fifteen of this chapter, shall take such vehicle unencum- ________________________________________________________________________ S. 5771 56 1 bered by such lien which was not recorded on the certificate of title ________________________________________________________________________ 2 used to transfer the vehicle. _____________________________ 3  76. Section 111-k of the social services law, as added by chapter 4 809 of the laws of 1985, the opening paragraph and subdivision 1 as 5 amended by chapter 170 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as 6 follows: 7  111-k. Procedures relating to acknowledgments of paternity, [and] 8 agreements to support, and genetic tests. 1. A social services offi- ___________________ __ 9 cial or his or her designated representative who confers with a poten- _________________ 10 tial respondent or respondent, hereinafter referred to in this section 11 as the "respondent", the mother of a child born out of wedlock and any 12 other interested persons, pursuant to section one hundred eleven-c of 13 this [chapter] title, may obtain: _____ 14 [1.] (a) an acknowledgment of paternity of a child, as provided for ___ 15 in [subdivision five of section thirty-three of the domestic relations 16 law,] article five-B or section five hundred [and] sixteen-a of the _________________ 17 family court act, by a [notarized] written statement, [and pursuant to] 18 witnessed by two people not related to the signator or as provided for ________________________________________________________________________ 19 in section four thousand one hundred thirty-five-b of the public health __ 20 law. Prior to the execution of such acknowledgment by the child's moth- 21 er and the respondent, they shall be advised, orally and in writing, of 22 the consequences of making such an acknowledgment. Upon the signing of 23 an acknowledgment of paternity pursuant to this section, the social 24 services official or his or her representative shall file the original 25 acknowledgment with the registrar [and provide a copy to the putative 26 father registry]. 27 [2.] (b) an agreement to make support payments as provided in ___ 28 section four hundred twenty-five of the family court act. Prior to the 29 execution of such agreement, the respondent shall be advised, [verbally] _ 30 orally and in writing, of the consequences of such agreement, that [he] ______ 31 the respondent can be held liable for support only if the family court, ______________ 32 after a hearing, makes an order of support; that respondent has a right 33 to consult with an attorney and that the agreement will be submitted to 34 the family court for approval pursuant to section four hundred twenty- 35 five of the family court act; and that by executing the agreement, the 36 respondent waives [his] any right to a hearing regarding any matter ___ 37 contained in such agreement. 38 2. (a) When the paternity of a child is contested, a social services ______________________________________________________________________ 39 official or designated representative may order the mother, the child, ________________________________________________________________________ 40 and the alleged father to submit to one or more genetic marker or DNA ________________________________________________________________________ 41 tests of a type generally acknowledged as reliable by an accreditation ________________________________________________________________________ 42 body designated by the secretary of the federal department of health and ________________________________________________________________________ 43 human services and performed by a laboratory approved by such an accred- ________________________________________________________________________ 44 itation body and by the commissioner of health or by a duly qualified ________________________________________________________________________ 45 physician to aid in the determination of whether or not the alleged ________________________________________________________________________ 46 father is the father of the child. The order may be issued prior or ________________________________________________________________________ 47 subsequent to the filing of a petition with the court to establish ________________________________________________________________________ 48 paternity, shall be served on the parties by certified mail, and shall ________________________________________________________________________ 49 include a sworn statement which either (i) alleges paternity and sets ________________________________________________________________________ 50 forth facts establishing a reasonable possibility of the requisite sexu- ________________________________________________________________________ 51 al contact between the parties, or (ii) denies paternity and sets forth ________________________________________________________________________ 52 facts establishing a reasonable possibility that the party is not the ________________________________________________________________________ 53 father. The parties shall not be required to submit to the adminis- ________________________________________________________________________ 54 tration and analysis of such tests if they sign a voluntary acknowledg- ________________________________________________________________________ 55 ment of paternity in accordance with paragraph (a) of subdivision one of ________________________________________________________________________ 56 this section, or if there has been a written finding by the court that ________________________________________________________________________ S. 5771 57 1 it is not in the best interests of the child on the basis of res judica- ________________________________________________________________________ 2 ta, equitable estoppel or the presumption of legitimacy of a child born ________________________________________________________________________ 3 to a married woman. ___________________ 4 (b) The record or report of the results of any such genetic marker or ______________________________________________________________________ 5 DNA test may be submitted to the family court as evidence pursuant to ________________________________________________________________________ 6 subdivision (e) of rule forty-five hundred eighteen of the civil prac- ________________________________________________________________________ 7 tice law and rules where no timely objection in writing has been made ________________________________________________________________________ 8 thereto. ________ 9 (c) The cost of any test ordered pursuant to this section shall be ______________________________________________________________________ 10 paid by the social services district provided however, that the alleged ________________________________________________________________________ 11 father shall reimburse the district for the cost of such test at such ________________________________________________________________________ 12 time as the alleged father's paternity is established by a voluntary ________________________________________________________________________ 13 acknowledgment of paternity or an order of filiation. If either party ________________________________________________________________________ 14 contests the results of genetic marker or DNA tests, an additional test ________________________________________________________________________ 15 may be ordered upon written request to the social services district and ________________________________________________________________________ 16 advance payment by the requesting party. ________________________________________ 17 (d) The parties shall be required to submit to such tests and appear ______________________________________________________________________ 18 at any conference scheduled by the social services official or designee ________________________________________________________________________ 19 to discuss the notice of the allegation of paternity or to discuss the ________________________________________________________________________ 20 results of such tests. If the alleged father fails to appear at any ________________________________________________________________________ 21 such conference or fails to submit to such genetic marker or DNA tests, ________________________________________________________________________ 22 the social services official or designee shall petition the court to ________________________________________________________________________ 23 establish paternity, provide the court with a copy of the records or ________________________________________________________________________ 24 reports of such tests if any, and request the court to issue an order ________________________________________________________________________ 25 for temporary support pursuant to section five hundred forty-two of the ________________________________________________________________________ 26 family court act. _________________ 27  77. The family court act is amended by adding a new section 565 to 28 read as follows: 29  565. A proceeding to challenge testing directive. The court is ______________________________________________________________________ 30 authorized to hear and decide motions to challenge a directive by the ________________________________________________________________________ 31 department of social services requiring a party to submit to genetic ________________________________________________________________________ 32 testing, pursuant to section one hundred eleven-k of the social services ________________________________________________________________________ 33 law. Nothing contained in this section shall be deemed to preclude the ________________________________________________________________________ 34 authority of a local social services district from filing a petition ________________________________________________________________________ 35 pursuant to this article. _________________________ 36  78. Subdivisions (b) and (c) of section 542 of the family court 37 act, as added by chapter 354 of the laws of 1993, are amended to read as 38 follows: 39 (b) If the respondent [wilfully] willfully fails to appear before the _________ 40 court subsequent to the administration and analysis of a [blood] genetic 41 marker test or DNA test administered pursuant to sections four hundred ___________ 42 eighteen and five hundred thirty-two of this act or section one hundred _______________________ 43 eleven-k of the social services law, and if such test does not exclude _____________________________________ 44 the respondent as being the father of the child or the court determines ________________________ 45 that there exists clear and convincing evidence of paternity, the court _____________________________________________________________ 46 shall enter an order of temporary support notwithstanding that paternity 47 of such child has not been established nor an order of filiation entered 48 against the respondent. The respondent shall be prospectively relieved 49 from liability for support under such order of temporary support upon 50 the respondent's appearance before the court. 51 (c) If the respondent willfully fails to comply with an order made by 52 either the court pursuant to sections four hundred eighteen and five ______ 53 hundred thirty-two of this act or by a social services official or ____________________________________ 54 designee pursuant to section one hundred eleven-k of the social services ________________________________________________________________________ 55 law, and [wilfully] willfully fails to appear before the court when ____ _________ 56 otherwise required, the court shall enter an order of temporary support S. 5771 58 1 notwithstanding that paternity of the subject child has not been estab- 2 lished nor an order of filiation entered against the respondent. The 3 respondent shall be prospectively relieved from liability for support 4 under such order of temporary support upon the respondent's compliance 5 with such order and subsequent appearance before the court. 6  79. The section heading and subdivision (a) of section 418 of the 7 family court act, as amended by chapter 170 of the laws of 1994, are 8 amended to read as follows: 9 [Blood genetic] Genetic marker and DNA tests; [costs of tests;] admis- _______ 10 sibility of records or reports of test results; costs of tests. _____________________ ________________ 11 (a) The court, on its own motion or motion of any party, when paterni- 12 ty is contested, shall order the mother, the child and the alleged 13 father to submit to one or more [blood] genetic marker or DNA marker ______ 14 tests [by a duly qualified physician or by a laboratory duly approved 15 for this purpose] of a type generally acknowledged as reliable by an ___________________________________________________ 16 accreditation body designated by the secretary of the federal department ________________________________________________________________________ 17 of health and human services and performed by a laboratory approved by ________________________________________________________________________ 18 such an accreditation body and by the commissioner of health or by a __________________________________ _______ 19 duly qualified physician to [determine whether or not the alleged father ________________________ 20 can be excluded as being the father of the child] aid in the determi- ______________________ 21 nation of whether the alleged father is or is not the father of the ________________________________________________________________________ 22 child. No such test shall be ordered, however, upon a written finding _____ 23 by the court that it is not in the best interests of the child on the 24 basis of res judicata, equitable estoppel or the presumption of legiti- 25 macy of a child born to a married woman. The record or report of the _______________________ 26 results of any such [blood] genetic marker or DNA test [may be received 27 in evidence where definite exclusion is established by such test and] 28 shall be received in evidence, pursuant to subdivision (e) of [section] ___________ 29 rule forty-five hundred eighteen of the civil practice law and rules ____ 30 where no timely objection in writing has been made thereto. Any order 31 pursuant to this section shall state in plain language that the results 32 of such test shall be admitted into evidence, pursuant to [section] rule ____ 33 forty-five hundred eighteen of the civil practice law and rules absent 34 timely objections thereto and that if such timely objections are not 35 made, they shall be deemed waived and shall not be heard by the court. 36 Except in cases where exclusion has been established by another [blood] 37 genetic marker or DNA test, the laboratory and statistical results of 38 the human leucocyte blood tissue test (either separately or in combina- 39 tion with the laboratory and statistical results of any other [blood] 40 genetic marker test or tests including, without limitation, red blood 41 cell antigens, red blood cell serum protein, and red blood cell enzyme 42 tests) may be received in evidence to aid in the determination of wheth- 43 er the alleged father is or is not the father of the child. If the 44 record or report of results of any such [blood] genetic marker or DNA ___________________ 45 test or tests indicate at least a ninety-five percent probability of 46 paternity, the admission of such record or report shall create a rebutt- 47 able presumption of paternity, and, if unrebutted, shall establish the 48 paternity of and liability for the support of a child pursuant to this 49 article and article five of this act. 50  80. The section heading and subdivision (a) of section 532 of the 51 family court act, as amended by chapter 170 of the laws of 1994, are 52 amended to read as follows: 53 [Blood genetic] Genetic marker and DNA tests; [costs of tests;] admis- _______ 54 sibility of records or reports of test results; costs of tests. _____________________ ________________ 55 (a) The court shall advise the parties of their right to one or more 56 [blood] genetic marker tests or DNA tests[, if available,] and, on the S. 5771 59 1 court's own motion or the motion of any party, shall order the mother, 2 her child and the alleged father to submit to one or more [blood] genet- 3 ic marker or DNA tests [by a duly qualified physician or by a laboratory 4 duly approved for this purpose] of a type generally acknowledged as ___________________________________ 5 reliable by an accreditation body designated by the secretary of the ________________________________________________________________________ 6 federal department of health and human services and performed by a labo- ________________________________________________________________________ 7 ratory approved by such an accreditation body and by the commissioner of _________________________________________________ 8 health or by a duly qualified physician to [determine whether or not the ________________________________ 9 alleged father can be excluded as being the father of the child] aid in ______ 10 the determination of whether the alleged father is or is not the father ________________________________________________________________________ 11 of the child. No such test shall be ordered, however, upon a written ________________________________________________________________________ 12 finding by the court that it is not in the best interests of the child ________________________________________________________________________ 13 on the basis of res judicata, equitable estoppel, or the presumption of ________________________________________________________________________ 14 legitimacy of a child born to a married woman. The record or report of _____________________________________________ _____________________ 15 the results of any such [blood] genetic marker or DNA test ordered ___ _______ 16 pursuant to this section or pursuant to section one hundred eleven-k of ________________________________________________________________________ 17 the social services law may be received in evidence [where definite __________________________ 18 exclusion is established by such test and shall be received,] by the _______ 19 court pursuant to subdivision (e) of [section] rule forty-five hundred _____ ____ 20 eighteen of the civil practice law and rules where no timely objection 21 in writing has been made thereto[. Any order pursuant to this section 22 shall state in plain language that the results of such test shall be 23 admitted into evidence, pursuant to section forty-five hundred eighteen 24 of the civil practice law and rules absent timely objections thereto] 25 and that if such timely objections are not made, they shall be deemed 26 waived and shall not be heard by the court. Except in cases where exclu- 27 sion has been established by another [blood] genetic marker test, the 28 laboratory and statistical results of the human leucocyte blood tissue 29 test (either separately or in combination with the laboratory and 30 statistical results of any other [blood] genetic marker or DNA test or 31 tests including, without limitation, red blood cell antigens, red blood 32 cell serum protein, and red blood cell enzyme tests) may be received in 33 evidence to aid in the determination of whether the alleged father is or 34 is not the father of the child. If the record or report of the results ________________________ 35 of any such [blood] genetic marker or DNA test or tests indicate at 36 least a ninety-five percent probability of paternity, the admission of 37 such record or report shall create a rebuttable presumption of paterni- 38 ty, and shall establish, if unrebutted, the paternity of and liability 39 for the support of a child pursuant to this article and article four of 40 this act. 41  81. Section 516-a of the family court act, as amended by chapter 42 170 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows: 43  516-a. Acknowledgment of paternity. (a) An acknowledgment of ___ 44 paternity executed pursuant to section one hundred eleven-k of the 45 social services law or section four thousand one hundred thirty-five-b 46 of the public health law shall establish the paternity of and liability 47 for the support of a child pursuant to this act. Such acknowledgment 48 must be reduced to writing and filed pursuant to section four thousand 49 one hundred thirty-five-b of the public health law with the registrar of 50 the district in which the birth occurred and in which the birth certif- 51 icate has been filed. No further judicial or administrative proceedings _________________________________________________ 52 are required to ratify an unchallenged acknowledgment of paternity. ___________________________________________________________________ 53 (b) An acknowledgment of paternity executed pursuant to section one ______________________________________________________________________ 54 hundred eleven-k of the social services law or section four thousand one ________________________________________________________________________ 55 hundred thirty-five-b of the public health law may be rescinded by ________________________________________________________________________ 56 either signator's filing of a petition with the court to vacate the ________________________________________________________________________ S. 5771 60 1 acknowledgment within the earlier of sixty days of the date of signing ________________________________________________________________________ 2 the acknowledgment or the date of an administrative or a judicial ________________________________________________________________________ 3 proceeding (including a proceeding to establish a support order) relat- ________________________________________________________________________ 4 ing to the child in which either signator is a party. For purposes of ________________________________________________________________________ 5 this section, the "date of an administrative or a judicial proceeding" ________________________________________________________________________ 6 shall be the date by which the respondent is required to answer the ________________________________________________________________________ 7 petition. After the expiration of sixty days of the execution of the ________________________________________________________________________ 8 acknowledgment, either signator may challenge the acknowledgment of ________________________________________________________________________ 9 paternity in court only on the basis of fraud, duress, or material ________________________________________________________________________ 10 mistake of fact, with the burden of proof on the party challenging the ________________________________________________________________________ 11 voluntary acknowledgment. Upon receiving a party's challenge to an ________________________________________________________________________ 12 acknowledgment, the court shall order genetic marker tests or DNA tests ________________________________________________________________________ 13 for the determination of the child's paternity and shall make a finding ________________________________________________________________________ 14 of paternity, if appropriate, in accordance with this article. Neither ________________________________________________________________________ 15 signator's legal obligations, including the obligation for child support ________________________________________________________________________ 16 arising from the acknowledgment, may be suspended during the challenge ________________________________________________________________________ 17 to the acknowledgment except for good cause as the court may find. If a ________________________________________________________________________ 18 party petitions to rescind an acknowledgment and if the court determines ________________________________________________________________________ 19 that the alleged father is not the father of the child, or if the court ________________________________________________________________________ 20 finds that an acknowledgment is invalid because it was executed on the ________________________________________________________________________ 21 basis of fraud, duress, or material mistake of fact, the court shall ________________________________________________________________________ 22 vacate the acknowledgment of paternity and shall immediately provide a ________________________________________________________________________ 23 copy of the order to the registrar of the district in which the child's ________________________________________________________________________ 24 birth certificate is filed and also to the putative father registry ________________________________________________________________________ 25 operated by the department of social services pursuant to section three ________________________________________________________________________ 26 hundred seventy-two-c of the social services law. In addition, if the ________________________________________________________________________ 27 mother of the child who is the subject of the acknowledgment is in ________________________________________________________________________ 28 receipt of child support services pursuant to title six-A of article ________________________________________________________________________ 29 three of the social services law, the court shall immediately provide a ________________________________________________________________________ 30 copy of the order to the child support enforcement unit of the social ________________________________________________________________________ 31 services district that provides the mother with such services. ______________________________________________________________ 32 (c) A determination of paternity made by any other state, whether ______________________________________________________________________ 33 established through the parents' acknowledgment of paternity or through ________________________________________________________________________ 34 an administrative or judicial process, must be accorded full faith and ________________________________________________________________________ 35 credit, if and only if such acknowledgment meets the requirements set ________________________________________________________________________ 36 forth in section 452(a)(7) of the social security act. ______________________________________________________ 37  82. Section 4104 of the public health law, as amended by chapter 38 519 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows: 39  4104. Vital statistics; application of article. The provisions of 40 this article except for the provisions contained in paragraph (i) of 41 subdivision two of section four thousand one hundred [and sections], _ 42 section four thousand one hundred three, subdivision two of section four _______ _______________________________ 43 thousand one hundred thirty-five, section four thousand one hundred _____________________________________________ 44 thirty-five-b, subdivision eight of section four thousand one hundred 45 seventy-four, paragraphs (b) and (e) of subdivision one of section four ____________________________________________________________ 46 thousand one hundred thirty-eight, and section four thousand one hundred __________________________________ 47 seventy-nine, shall not apply to the city of New York. 48  83. Subdivision 2 of section 4135 of the public health law, as 49 amended by chapter 201 of the laws of 1972, is amended to read as 50 follows: 51 2. The name of the putative father of a child born out of wedlock 52 shall not be entered on the certificate of birth prior to filing without 53 [the consent in writing of] (i) an acknowledgment of paternity pursuant ___________________________________________ 54 to section one hundred eleven-k of the social services law or section ________________________________________________________________________ 55 four thousand one hundred thirty-five-b of this article executed by both ___________________________________________________________________ 56 the mother and putative father, [duly verified,] and filed with the S. 5771 61 1 record of birth[, except that with respect to a child born out of 2 wedlock to a married woman, a determination of parentage made by a court 3 of competent jurisdiction shall be required before the putative father's 4 name may be entered on the birth certificate]; or (ii) notification ______________________ 5 having been received by, or proper proof having been filed with, the ________________________________________________________________________ 6 record of birth by the clerk of a court of competent jurisdiction or the ________________________________________________________________________ 7 parents, or their attorneys of a judgment, order or decree relating to ________________________________________________________________________ 8 parentage. _________ 9  84. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 4135-b of the public 10 health law, as amended by chapter 170 of the laws of 1994, is amended to 11 read as follows: 12 (a) Immediately preceding or following the in-hospital birth of a 13 child to an unmarried woman, the person in charge of such hospital or 14 his or her designated representative shall provide to the child's mother 15 and putative father, if such father is readily identifiable and avail- 16 able, the documents and written instructions necessary for such mother 17 and putative father to complete [a notarized] an acknowledgment of ________ __ 18 paternity[, which,] witnessed by two persons not related to the signa- __________________________________________________ 19 tor. Such acknowledgment, if signed by both parties, at any time ___________________________ _____________ 20 following the birth of a child, shall be filed with the registrar at the _______________________________ 21 same time at which the certificate of live birth is filed, if possible, _ 22 or anytime thereafter. Nothing herein shall be deemed to require the _____________________ 23 person in charge of such hospital or his or her designee to seek out or 24 otherwise locate a putative father who is not readily identifiable or 25 available. The acknowledgment shall be executed on a form provided by 26 the commissioner developed in consultation with the commissioner of 27 social services, which shall include the social security number of the _________________________________________ 28 mother and of the putative father and provide in plain language (i) a _____________________________________ 29 statement by the mother consenting to the acknowledgment of paternity 30 and a statement that the putative father is the only possible father, 31 (ii) a statement by the putative father that he is the biological father 32 of the child, and (iii) a statement that the signing of the acknowledg- 33 ment of paternity by both parties shall have the same force and effect 34 as an order of filiation entered after a court hearing by a court of 35 competent jurisdiction, including an obligation to provide support for 36 the child except that, only if filed with the registrar of the district 37 in which the birth certificate has been filed, will the acknowledgment 38 have such force and effect with respect to inheritance rights. Prior to 39 the execution of an acknowledgment of paternity, the mother and the 40 putative father shall be provided orally and in writing with such [writ- _____________________ 41 ten] information as is required pursuant to this section with respect to 42 their rights and the consequences of signing a voluntary acknowledgment 43 of paternity including, but not limited to, that the signing of the 44 acknowledgment of paternity shall establish the paternity of the child 45 and shall have the same force and effect as an order of paternity or 46 filiation issued by a court of competent jurisdiction establishing the 47 duty of both parties to provide support for the child; that if such an 48 acknowledgment is not made, the putative father can be held liable for 49 support only if the family court, after a hearing, makes an order 50 declaring that the putative father is the father of the child whereupon 51 the court may make an order of support which may be retroactive to the 52 birth of the child; that if made a respondent in a proceeding to estab- 53 lish paternity the putative father has a right to free legal represen- 54 tation if indigent; that the putative father has a right to a [blood] 55 genetic marker test or to a DNA test when available; that by executing 56 the acknowledgment, the putative father waives his right to a hearing, S. 5771 62 1 to which he would otherwise be entitled, on the issue of paternity; that 2 a copy of the acknowledgment of paternity shall be filed with the puta- 3 tive father registry pursuant to section three hundred seventy-two-c of 4 the social services law, and that such filing may establish the child's 5 right to inheritance from the putative father pursuant to clause (B) of 6 subparagraph two of paragraph (a) of section 4-1.2 of the estates, 7 powers and trusts law; that, if such acknowledgment is filed with the 8 registrar of the district in which the birth certificate has been filed, 9 such acknowledgment will establish inheritance rights from the putative 10 father pursuant to clause (A) of subparagraph two of paragraph (a) of 11 section 4-1.2 of the estates, powers and trusts law; that no further __________ 12 judicial or administrative proceedings are required to ratify an unchal- ________________________________________________________________________ 13 lenged acknowledgment of paternity provided, however, that both the _____________________________________________________________ 14 putative father and the mother of the child have the right to [make a 15 motion for relief to the family court from the acknowledgment of pater- 16 nity within one year] rescind the acknowledgment within the earlier of ________________________________________________ 17 sixty days from the date of signing the acknowledgment or the date of an __________ _________________ 18 administrative or a judicial proceeding (including a proceeding to ________________________________________________________________________ 19 establish a support order) relating to the child in which either signa- ________________________________________________________________________ 20 tor is a party; that the "date of an administrative or a judicial ________________________________________________________________________ 21 proceeding" shall be the date by which the respondent is required to ________________________________________________________________________ 22 answer the petition; that after the expiration of sixty days of the ________________________________________________________________________ 23 execution of the acknowledgment, either signatory may challenge the ________________________________________________________________________ 24 acknowledgment of paternity in court only on the basis of fraud, duress, ________________________________________________________________________ 25 or material mistake of fact, with the burden of proof on the party chal- ________________________________________________________________________ 26 lenging the voluntary acknowledgment; that they may wish to consult with ____________________________________ 27 an attorney before executing the acknowledgment; and that they have the 28 right to seek legal representation and supportive services including 29 counseling regarding such acknowledgment; that the acknowledgment of 30 paternity may be the basis for the putative father establishing custody 31 and visitation rights to the child; if the acknowledgment is signed, it 32 may be the basis for requiring the putative father's consent prior to an 33 adoption proceeding; the mother's refusal to sign the acknowledgment 34 shall not be deemed a failure to cooperate in establishing paternity for 35 the child; and the child may bear the last name of either parent, which 36 name shall not affect the legal status of the child. In addition, the 37 governing body of such hospital shall insure that appropriate staff 38 shall provide to the child's mother and putative father, prior to the 39 mother's discharge from the hospital, the opportunity to speak with 40 hospital staff to obtain clarifying information and answers to their 41 questions about paternity establishment, and shall also provide the 42 telephone number of the local support collection unit. 43  85. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 of section 4135-b of the public 44 health law, as added by chapter 170 of the laws of 1994, is amended to 45 read as follows: 46 (b) Where a child's paternity has not been acknowledged voluntarily 47 pursuant to paragraph (a) of subdivision one of this section or para- 48 graph (a) of this subdivision, the child's mother and the putative ____________ 49 father may voluntarily acknowledge a child's paternity pursuant to this 50 paragraph by signing the acknowledgment of paternity [and, subject only 51 to a timely motion for relief from the acknowledgement made within one 52 year of execution, the] provided, however, that both the putative father ________________________________________________ 53 and the mother of the child have the right to rescind the acknowledgment ________________________________________________________________________ 54 within the earlier of sixty days from the date of signing the acknowl- ________________________________________________________________________ 55 edgment or the date of an administrative or a judicial proceeding ________________________________________________________________________ 56 (including a proceeding to establish a support order) relating to the ________________________________________________________________________ S. 5771 63 1 child in which either signatory is a party; that for purposes of this ________________________________________________________________________ 2 section, the "date of an administrative or a judicial proceeding" shall ________________________________________________________________________ 3 be the date by which the respondent is required to answer the petition; ________________________________________________________________________ 4 that after the expiration of sixty days of the execution of the acknowl- ________________________________________________________________________ 5 edgment, either signator may challenge the acknowledgment of paternity ________________________________________________________________________ 6 in court only on the basis of fraud, duress, or material mistake of ________________________________________________________________________ 7 fact, with the burden of proof on the party challenging the voluntary ________________________________________________________________________ 8 acknowledgment. The acknowledgment shall have full force and effect once ___________________ 9 so signed. The original or a copy of the acknowledgement shall be filed 10 with the registrar of the district in which the birth certificate has 11 been filed. 12  86. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 1 of section 4138 of the public 13 health law, as added by chapter 201 of the laws of 1972, is amended to 14 read as follows: 15 (e) the certificate of birth of a child born out of wedlock as 16 defined in paragraph (b) of subdivision one of section four thousand one 17 hundred thirty-five of this article has been filed without entry of the 18 name of the father and the commissioner thereafter receives the duly 19 verified [consent of] acknowledgment of paternity pursuant to section _______________________________________________ 20 one hundred eleven-k of the social services law or section four thousand ________________________________________________________________________ 21 one hundred thirty-five-b of this article executed by the putative _________________________________________________________ 22 father and mother [in writing, to] which authorizes the entry of the ________________ 23 name of such father, and which [consent] may also [be to] authorize a ___ _________ 24 conforming change in the surname of the child [and, where required, 25 proper proof of a judicial determination of parentage by a court of 26 competent jurisdiction has also been received by the commissioner]. 27  87. Subdivision (d) of rule 4518 of the civil practice law and 28 rules, as added by chapter 170 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read 29 as follows: 30 (d) Any records or reports relating to the administration and analy- 31 sis of a [blood] genetic marker or DNA test, including records or _________________________ 32 reports of the costs of such tests, administered pursuant to sections ______________________________________ 33 four hundred eighteen and five hundred thirty-two of the family court 34 act or section one hundred eleven-k of the social services law are _______________________________________________________________ 35 admissible in evidence under this rule and are prima facie evidence of 36 the facts contained therein provided they bear a certification or _______ 37 authentication by the head of the hospital, laboratory, department or 38 bureau of a municipal corporation or the state or by an employee deleg- 39 ated for that purpose, or by a qualified physician. If such record or 40 report relating to the administration and analysis of a [blood] genetic 41 marker test or DNA test or tests administered pursuant to sections four ____ 42 hundred eighteen and five hundred thirty-two of the family court act or __ 43 section one hundred eleven-k of the social services law indicates at _________________________________________________________ 44 least a ninety-five percent probability of paternity, the admission of 45 such record or report shall create a rebuttable presumption of paterni- 46 ty, and shall, if unrebutted, establish the paternity of and liability 47 for the support of a child pursuant to articles four and five of the 48 family court act. 49  88. Subdivision (e) of rule 4518 of the civil practice law and 50 rules, as added by chapter 170 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read 51 as follows: 52 (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a record or report 53 relating to the administration and analysis of a [blood] genetic marker 54 test or DNA test certified in accordance with subdivision (d) of this ____ 55 rule and administered pursuant to sections four hundred eighteen and 56 five hundred thirty-two of the family court act or section one hundred ______________________ S. 5771 64 1 eleven-k of the social services law is admissible in evidence under this ___________________________________ 2 rule without the need for foundation testimony or further proof of 3 authenticity or accuracy unless objections to the record or report are 4 made in writing no later than twenty days before a hearing at which the 5 record or report may be introduced into evidence or thirty days after 6 receipt of the test results, whichever is earlier. 7  89. Rule 4518 of the civil practice law and rules is amended by 8 adding a new subdivision (g) to read as follows: 9 (g) Pregnancy and childbirth costs. Any hospital bills or records ______________________________________________________________________ 10 relating to the costs of pregnancy or birth of a child for whom ________________________________________________________________________ 11 proceedings to establish paternity, pursuant to sections four hundred ________________________________________________________________________ 12 eighteen and five hundred thirty-two of the family court act or section ________________________________________________________________________ 13 one hundred eleven-k of the social services law have been or are being ________________________________________________________________________ 14 undertaken, are admissible in evidence under this rule and are prima ________________________________________________________________________ 15 facie evidence of the facts contained therein, provided they bear a ________________________________________________________________________ 16 certification or authentication by the head of the hospital, laboratory, ________________________________________________________________________ 17 department or bureau of a municipal corporation or the state or by an ________________________________________________________________________ 18 employee designated for that purpose, or by a qualified physician. __________________________________________________________________ 19  90. Subdivision 3 of section 111-c of the social services law, as 20 added by chapter 326 of the laws of 1976, is amended to read as follows: 21 3. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the social services official shall 22 not be required to establish the paternity of any child born out-of-wed- 23 lock, or to secure support for any child, with respect to whom such 24 official has determined that such actions would be detrimental to the 25 best interests of the child, in accordance with procedures and criteria 26 established by regulations of the department consistent with federal law 27 [and regulations]. 28  91. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 349-b of the social 29 services law, as amended by chapter 520 of the laws of 1979, is amended 30 to read as follows: 31 (b) to cooperate with the state and the social services official, in 32 accordance with standards established by regulations of the department 33 consistent with federal law [and regulations], in establishing the 34 paternity of a child born out-of-wedlock for whom assistance under this 35 title is being applied for or received, in their efforts to locate any 36 absent parent and in obtaining support payments or any other payments or 37 property due such person and due each child for whom assistance under 38 this title is being applied for or received, except that an applicant or 39 recipient shall not be required to cooperate in such efforts in cases in 40 which the social services official has determined, in accordance with 41 criteria, including the best interests of the child, as established by 42 regulations of the department consistent with federal law [and regu- 43 lations], that such applicant or recipient has good cause to refuse to 44 cooperate. Each social service district shall inform applicants for and 45 recipients of [aid to dependent children] family assistance required to _________________ 46 cooperate with the state and local social services officials pursuant to 47 the provisions of this paragraph, that where a proceeding to establish 48 paternity has been filed, and the allegation of paternity has been 49 denied by the respondent, that there shall be a stay of all paternity 50 proceedings and related local social services proceedings until sixty 51 days after the birth of the child. Such applicants and recipients shall 52 also be informed that public assistance and care shall not be denied 53 during the stay on the basis of refusal to cooperate pursuant to the 54 provisions of this paragraph. S. 5771 65 1  92. Subparagraph 2 of paragraph (h) of subdivision 4 of section 366 2 of the social services law, as amended by chapter 472 of the laws of 3 1991, is amended to read as follows: 4 (2) Such applicant or recipient shall also be required, as a condi- 5 tion of initial or continued eligibility for such assistance, to cooper- 6 ate with the appropriate social services official or the department in 7 establishing [the] paternity [of an individual properly chargeable with 8 providing support for medical care or services and in obtaining such 9 support] or in establishing, modifying, or enforcing a support order ____________________________________________________________ 10 with respect to a child of the applicant or recipient; provided, howev- _____________________________________________________ 11 er, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to require a 12 payment under this title for care or services, the cost of which may be 13 met in whole or in part by a third party. Notwithstanding the forego- 14 ing, a social services official shall not require the cooperation as set ______ 15 forth herein of an applicant or recipient [in establishing the paternity ____________ 16 of any child born out-of-wedlock, or in securing support for any child,] 17 with respect to whom such official has determined that such actions 18 would be detrimental to the best interest of the child, applicant, or 19 recipient, or with respect to pregnant women during pregnancy and during 20 the sixty-day period beginning on the last day of pregnancy, in accord- 21 ance with procedures and criteria established by regulations of the 22 department consistent with federal law [and regulations]. 23  93. Section 111-n of the social services law is renumbered section 24 111-z and a new section 111-n is added to read as follows: 25  111-n. Review and cost of living adjustment of support orders. 1. ______________________________________________________________________ 26 Orders subject to review. In accordance with the timeframes set forth ________________________________________________________________________ 27 in subdivision three of this section, the support collection unit shall ________________________________________________________________________ 28 conduct a review for adjustment purposes of: ____________________________________________ 29 (a) all orders of support being enforced pursuant to this title on ______________________________________________________________________ 30 behalf of persons in receipt of family assistance; and ______________________________________________________ 31 (b) those orders of support being enforced pursuant to this title on ______________________________________________________________________ 32 behalf of persons not in receipt of family assistance, for which a ________________________________________________________________________ 33 request for a cost of living adjustment review has been received from ________________________________________________________________________ 34 either party to the order. __________________________ 35 2. Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following defi- ______________________________________________________________________ 36 nitions shall be used: ______________________ 37 (a) "Adjusted child support obligation amount" shall mean the sum of ______________________________________________________________________ 38 the cost of living adjustment and the support obligation amount ________________________________________________________________________ 39 contained in the order under review. ____________________________________ 40 (b) "Adjusted order" shall mean an order issued by the support ______________________________________________________________________ 41 collection unit reflecting a change to the obligation amount of the most ________________________________________________________________________ 42 recently issued order of support made on behalf of a child in receipt of ________________________________________________________________________ 43 family assistance or child support enforcement services pursuant to ________________________________________________________________________ 44 section one hundred eleven-g of this title. ___________________________________________ 45 (c) "Cost of living adjustment" shall mean the amount by which the ______________________________________________________________________ 46 support obligation is changed as the result of a review, and shall be ________________________________________________________________________ 47 determined based upon annual average changes to the consumer price index ________________________________________________________________________ 48 for all urban consumers (CPI-U), as published by the United States ________________________________________________________________________ 49 department of labor bureau of labor statistics, for the years preceding ________________________________________________________________________ 50 the year of the review, as follows: ___________________________________ 51 (1) Identify the CPI-U "percent change from the previous annual aver- ______________________________________________________________________ 52 age" for each year preceding the year of the review, beginning with and ________________________________________________________________________ 53 including the later of the year in which the most recent order was ________________________________________________________________________ 54 issued or nineteen hundred ninety-four, and calculate the sum of the ________________________________________________________________________ 55 percentages for those years. ____________________________ S. 5771 66 1 (2) Where the sum as calculated pursuant to subparagraph one of this ______________________________________________________________________ 2 paragraph equals or exceeds ten percent, multiply the support obligation ________________________________________________________________________ 3 in the order under review by such percentage. The product is the cost of ________________________________________________________________________ 4 living adjustment. __________________ 5 (d) "Order" shall mean an original, modified, or adjusted order of ______________________________________________________________________ 6 support; or, after a hearing in response to objections to a cost of ________________________________________________________________________ 7 living adjustment as set forth in an adjusted order of support, the ________________________________________________________________________ 8 order of support reflecting the application of the child support stand- ________________________________________________________________________ 9 ards pursuant to section two hundred forty of the domestic relations ________________________________________________________________________ 10 law or section four hundred thirteen of the family court act, or an ________________________________________________________________________ 11 order of no adjustment. _______________________ 12 (e) "Review" shall mean the calculation of the cost of living adjust- ______________________________________________________________________ 13 ment and the adjusted child support obligation amount by the support ________________________________________________________________________ 14 collection unit for the most recently issued order of support made on ________________________________________________________________________ 15 behalf of a child in receipt of family assistance, or child support ________________________________________________________________________ 16 enforcement services pursuant to section one hundred eleven-g of this ________________________________________________________________________ 17 title. ______ 18 3. Timeframes. The review of support orders for cost of living ______________________________________________________________________ 19 adjustment purposes shall be conducted by the support collection unit in ________________________________________________________________________ 20 accordance with the following timeframes: _________________________________________ 21 (a) For all orders of support on behalf of persons in receipt of fami- ______________________________________________________________________ 22 ly assistance, a review shall be conducted during the second calendar ________________________________________________________________________ 23 year following the year in which the order was entered, or the current ________________________________________________________________________ 24 year, whichever is later. Any cost of living adjustment resulting from a ________________________________________________________________________ 25 review shall be effective sixty days following the date of the adjusted ________________________________________________________________________ 26 order, or twenty-four months after the date of the order under review, ________________________________________________________________________ 27 whichever is later. ___________________ 28 (b) For all orders of support on behalf of persons not in receipt of ______________________________________________________________________ 29 family assistance, a review shall be conducted during the second calen- ________________________________________________________________________ 30 dar year following the year in which the order was entered, or the ________________________________________________________________________ 31 current year, whichever is later; provided, however, that no such review ________________________________________________________________________ 32 shall occur unless a request for such review has been received from a ________________________________________________________________________ 33 party to the order. Any cost of living adjustment resulting from a ________________________________________________________________________ 34 review shall be effective sixty days following the date of the adjusted ________________________________________________________________________ 35 order, or twenty-four months after the date of the order under review, ________________________________________________________________________ 36 whichever is later. ___________________ 37 4. Adjustment process. (a) A cost of living adjustment shall be made ______________________________________________________________________ 38 by the support collection unit with respect to each order of support ________________________________________________________________________ 39 under review, if the sum of the annual average changes of the consumer ________________________________________________________________________ 40 price index for all urban consumers (CPI-U), as published by the United ________________________________________________________________________ 41 States department of labor bureau of labor statistics, is ten percent or ________________________________________________________________________ 42 greater. The child support obligation amount, as increased by the cost ________________________________________________________________________ 43 of living adjustment calculated during the review, shall be rounded to ________________________________________________________________________ 44 the nearest dollar. In the event that the sum of the annual average ________________________________________________________________________ 45 changes of the CPI-U is less than ten percent, no cost of living adjust- ________________________________________________________________________ 46 ment shall occur. _________________ 47 (b) Upon the conclusion of the adjustment review, the support ______________________________________________________________________ 48 collection unit shall issue and send an adjusted order by first class ________________________________________________________________________ 49 mail to the parties. The cost of living adjustment and the adjusted ________________________________________________________________________ 50 child support obligation amount as calculated by the review shall be ________________________________________________________________________ 51 reflected in the adjusted order. The child support obligation amount ________________________________________________________________________ 52 contained in the adjusted order shall be due and owing on the date the ________________________________________________________________________ 53 first payment is due under the terms of the order of support which was ________________________________________________________________________ 54 reviewed and adjusted occurring on or after the effective date of the ________________________________________________________________________ 55 adjusted order. _______________ S. 5771 67 1 (c) The support collection unit shall provide a copy of the adjusted ______________________________________________________________________ 2 order to the court which issued the most recent order of support, which ________________________________________________________________________ 3 shall append it to the order. _____________________________ 4 5. Objections. (a) Where there is an objection to a cost of living ______________________________________________________________________ 5 adjustment, either party or the support collection unit shall have thir- ________________________________________________________________________ 6 ty-five days from the date of mailing of the adjusted order by the ________________________________________________________________________ 7 support collection unit to submit to the court identified thereon writ- ________________________________________________________________________ 8 ten objections, requesting a hearing on the adjustment of the order of ________________________________________________________________________ 9 support. ________ 10 (b) If objections are submitted timely to the court, the cost of ______________________________________________________________________ 11 living adjustment shall not take effect, and a hearing shall be sched- ________________________________________________________________________ 12 uled by the court. The hearing shall be conducted and a determination ________________________________________________________________________ 13 made by the court pursuant to section two hundred forty-c of the domes- ________________________________________________________________________ 14 tic relations law or section four hundred thirteen-a of the family court ________________________________________________________________________ 15 act. ____ 16 (c) Where no objection has been timely raised to a cost of living ______________________________________________________________________ 17 adjustment as reflected in an adjusted order, such adjusted order shall ________________________________________________________________________ 18 become final without further review by the court or any judge or hearing ________________________________________________________________________ 19 examiner thereof. _________________ 20 6. Adjusted order - form. The adjusted order shall contain the ______________________________________________________________________ 21 following information: ______________________ 22 (a) the caption of the order of support subject to the review, the ______________________________________________________________________ 23 date of such order, and the court in which it was entered; __________________________________________________________ 24 (b) the identification, telephone number, and address of the support ______________________________________________________________________ 25 collection unit which conducted the review; ___________________________________________ 26 (c) the cost of living adjustment and the adjusted child support ______________________________________________________________________ 27 obligation amount as calculated during the review of the order, and a ________________________________________________________________________ 28 statement that such amount shall be due and owing on the date the first ________________________________________________________________________ 29 payment is due under the term of the order of support which was reviewed ________________________________________________________________________ 30 and adjusted, occurring on or after the effective date of the adjusted ________________________________________________________________________ 31 order; ______ 32 (d) the definition of cost of living adjustment; _________________________________________________ 33 (e) a statement that the child support obligation amount, as ______________________________________________________________________ 34 increased by the cost of living adjustment, has been rounded to the ________________________________________________________________________ 35 nearest dollar; _______________ 36 (f) a statement that all other provisions of the order of support ______________________________________________________________________ 37 which was reviewed and adjusted remain in full force and effect; ________________________________________________________________ 38 (g) a statement that the application of a cost of living adjustment ______________________________________________________________________ 39 in no way limits, restricts, expands, or impairs the rights of any party ________________________________________________________________________ 40 to file for a modification of a child support order as otherwise ________________________________________________________________________ 41 provided by law; ________________ 42 (h) a statement that where either party objects to the cost of living ______________________________________________________________________ 43 adjustment, the party has the right to be heard by the court and to ________________________________________________________________________ 44 present evidence to the court which the court will consider in adjusting ________________________________________________________________________ 45 the child support order in compliance with section four hundred thirteen ________________________________________________________________________ 46 of the family court act or section two hundred forty of the domestic ________________________________________________________________________ 47 relations law, known as the child support standards act; provided, ________________________________________________________________________ 48 however, that written objections are filed with the court within thir- ________________________________________________________________________ 49 ty-five days from the date the adjusted order was mailed by the support ________________________________________________________________________ 50 collection unit; that when filing objections the objecting party should ________________________________________________________________________ 51 attach a copy of the adjusted order, if available; and ______________________________________________________ 52 (i) a statement that where any party fails to provide, and update ______________________________________________________________________ 53 upon any change, the support collection unit with a current address to ________________________________________________________________________ 54 which an adjusted order can be sent, the support obligation amount ________________________________________________________________________ 55 contained therein shall become due and owing on the date the first ________________________________________________________________________ 56 payment is due under the order of support which was reviewed and ________________________________________________________________________ S. 5771 68 1 adjusted occurring on or after the effective date of the adjusted order, ________________________________________________________________________ 2 regardless of whether or not the party has received a copy of the ________________________________________________________________________ 3 adjusted order. _______________ 4 7. Notice of right to review. On or after the first day of January, ______________________________________________________________________ 5 nineteen hundred ninety-eight, any order of support twenty-four or more ________________________________________________________________________ 6 months old which was issued on behalf of a child in receipt of family ________________________________________________________________________ 7 assistance or child support enforcement services pursuant to section one ________________________________________________________________________ 8 hundred eleven-g of this title, is eligible for a cost of living adjust- ________________________________________________________________________ 9 ment every two years. The support collection unit shall notify the ________________________________________________________________________ 10 parties to the order of their right to make a written request to the ________________________________________________________________________ 11 support collection unit for a cost of living adjustment of such support ________________________________________________________________________ 12 order. Such notice shall contain the amount of the cost of living ________________________________________________________________________ 13 adjustment, the amount of the adjusted child support obligation, the ________________________________________________________________________ 14 applicable CPI-U used in the calculation of that amount, the address and ________________________________________________________________________ 15 telephone number of the support collection unit where assistance can be ________________________________________________________________________ 16 obtained in commencing an adjustment review, and other information ________________________________________________________________________ 17 deemed necessary and relevant by the department, and shall be sent to ________________________________________________________________________ 18 the parties by first class mail at their last known address, and shall ________________________________________________________________________ 19 contain a reply form and envelope with postage pre-paid. The support ________________________________________________________________________ 20 collection unit shall provide the notice described herein not less than ________________________________________________________________________ 21 once every two years. _____________________ 22  94. Paragraph (l) of subdivision 1-b of section 240 of the domes- 23 tic relations law, as amended by chapter 59 of the laws of 1993, is 24 amended to read as follows: 25 (l) In any action or proceeding for modification of an order of child 26 support existing prior to the effective date of this paragraph, brought 27 pursuant to this article, the child support standards set forth in this 28 subdivision shall not constitute a change of circumstances warranting 29 modification of such support order; provided, however, that (1) where ___ 30 the circumstances warrant modification of such order, or (2) where [an ___ 31 adjustment of a child support order is sought by] any party objects to ____________________ 32 an adjusted child support order made or proposed at the direction of the ____________________________________________________________________ 33 support collection unit [or either of the parties] pursuant to [subdivi- 34 sion twelve of] section one hundred eleven-h or one hundred eleven-n of _______________________ 35 the social services law,[or subdivision three of section four hundred 36 thirteen of the family court act or subdivision four of section two 37 hundred forty of the domestic relations law] and the court is reviewing __________________________ 38 the current order of child support, such standards shall [apply] be ___________________________________ __ 39 applied by the court in its determination with regard to the request for ________________________________________________________________________ 40 modification, or disposition of an objection to an adjusted child ________________________________________________________________________ 41 support order made or proposed by a support collection unit. In apply- ___________________________________________________________ 42 ing such standards, when the order to be modified incorporates by refer- 43 ence or merges with a validly executed separation agreement or stipu- 44 lation of settlement, the court may consider, in addition to the factors 45 set forth in paragraph (f) of this subdivision, the provisions of such 46 agreement or stipulation concerning property distribution, distributive 47 award and/or maintenance in determining whether the amount calculated by 48 using the standards would be unjust or inappropriate. 49  95. Paragraph c of subdivision 2 of section 240 of the domestic 50 relations law, as added by chapter 59 of the laws of 1993, is amended to 51 read as follows: 52 c. Any order of support issued on behalf of a child in receipt of 53 [public] family assistance or child support enforcement services pursu- ______ ___________ 54 ant to section one hundred eleven-g of the social services law shall be 55 subject to review and adjustment by the support collection unit pursuant 56 to [subdivision twelve of] section one hundred [eleven-h] eleven-n of ________ S. 5771 69 1 the social services law. Such review and adjustment shall be in addi- 2 tion to any other activities undertaken by the support collection unit 3 relating to the establishment, modification, and enforcement of support 4 orders payable to such unit. 5  96. The domestic relations law is amended by adding a new section 6 240-c to read as follows: 7  240-c. Review and cost of living adjustment of child support ______________________________________________________________________ 8 orders. 1. Request. Any party to a child support order issued on ________________________________________________________________________ 9 behalf of a child in receipt of public assistance, or child support ________________________________________________________________________ 10 enforcement services pursuant to section one hundred eleven-g of the ________________________________________________________________________ 11 social services law may request that the support collection unit review ________________________________________________________________________ 12 the order for cost of living adjustment purposes pursuant to section one ________________________________________________________________________ 13 hundred eleven-n of the social services law. ____________________________________________ 14 2. Adjustment process. (a) A cost of living adjustment shall be made ______________________________________________________________________ 15 by the support collection unit with respect to an order of support under ________________________________________________________________________ 16 review if the sum of the annual average changes of the consumer price ________________________________________________________________________ 17 index for all urban consumers (CPI-U), as published annually by the ________________________________________________________________________ 18 United States department of labor bureau of labor statistics, is ten ________________________________________________________________________ 19 percent or greater. ___________________ 20 (b) The cost of living adjustment and adjusted child support obli- ______________________________________________________________________ 21 gation amount as calculated by the review shall be reflected on the ________________________________________________________________________ 22 adjusted order issued by the support collection unit and mailed to the ________________________________________________________________________ 23 parties by first class mail. The child support obligation amount ________________________________________________________________________ 24 contained in the adjusted order shall be due and owing on the date the ________________________________________________________________________ 25 first payment is due under the terms of the order of support which was ________________________________________________________________________ 26 reviewed and adjusted occurring on or after the effective date of the ________________________________________________________________________ 27 adjusted order. _______________ 28 (c) The support collection unit shall provide a copy of the adjusted ______________________________________________________________________ 29 order to the court which issued the most recent order of support, which ________________________________________________________________________ 30 shall append it to the order. _____________________________ 31 3. Objection process. (a) An objection to a cost of living adjust- ______________________________________________________________________ 32 ment, as reflected in an adjusted order issued by a support collection ________________________________________________________________________ 33 unit, may be made to the court by either party to the order, or by the ________________________________________________________________________ 34 support collection unit, and shall be submitted to the court in writing ________________________________________________________________________ 35 within thirty-five days from the date of mailing of the adjusted order. ________________________________________________________________________ 36 A copy of the written objection shall be provided by the objecting party ________________________________________________________________________ 37 to the other party and to the support collection unit. ______________________________________________________ 38 (b) Where such objections are timely filed, the cost of living ______________________________________________________________________ 39 adjustment shall not take effect, and a hearing on the adjustment of ________________________________________________________________________ 40 such order shall be granted pursuant to the provisions of this section, ________________________________________________________________________ 41 which shall result in either: _____________________________ 42 (1) the issuance by the court of a new order of support in accordance ______________________________________________________________________ 43 with the child support standards as set forth in section two hundred ________________________________________________________________________ 44 forty of this article; or _________________________ 45 (2) where application of the child support standards as set forth in ______________________________________________________________________ 46 section two hundred forty of this article results in a determination ________________________________________________________________________ 47 that no adjustment is appropriate, an order of no adjustment. _____________________________________________________________ 48 (c) Any order of support made by the court under this section shall ______________________________________________________________________ 49 occur without the requirement for proof or showing of a change in ________________________________________________________________________ 50 circumstances. ______________ 51 (d) The court shall conduct the hearing and make its determination no ______________________________________________________________________ 52 later than forty-five days from the date it receives an objection. The ________________________________________________________________________ 53 clerk of the court shall immediately transmit copies of the order of ________________________________________________________________________ 54 support or order of no adjustment issued by the court pursuant to this ________________________________________________________________________ 55 subdivision to the parties and the support collection unit. Where a ________________________________________________________________________ 56 hearing results in the issuance of a new order of support, the effective ________________________________________________________________________ S. 5771 70 1 date of the court order shall be the earlier of the date of the court ________________________________________________________________________ 2 determination or the date the cost of living adjustment would have been ________________________________________________________________________ 3 effective had it not been challenged. _____________________________________ 4 (e) Where no objection has been timely raised to a cost of living ______________________________________________________________________ 5 adjustment as reflected in an adjusted order, such adjustment shall ________________________________________________________________________ 6 become final without further review by the court or any judge or hearing ________________________________________________________________________ 7 examiner thereof. _________________ 8 4. Modification of orders. Nothing herein shall be deemed in any way ______________________________________________________________________ 9 to limit, restrict, expand or impair the rights of any party to file for ________________________________________________________________________ 10 a modification of a child support order as is otherwise provided by law. ________________________________________________________________________ 11 5. Notice. Parties eligible for adjustment of child support orders ______________________________________________________________________ 12 shall receive notice of the right to review such orders as follows: ___________________________________________________________________ 13 (a) All applications or motions by the support collection unit or by ______________________________________________________________________ 14 persons seeking support enforcement services through the support ________________________________________________________________________ 15 collection unit for the establishment, modification, enforcement, ________________________________________________________________________ 16 violation or adjustment of child support orders shall on their face in ________________________________________________________________________ 17 conspicuous type state: _______________________ 18 NOTE: (1) A COURT ORDER OF SUPPORT RESULTING FROM A PROCEEDING ______________________________________________________________________ 19 COMMENCED BY THIS APPLICATION (MOTION) SHALL BE ADJUSTED BY THE APPLICA- ________________________________________________________________________ 20 TION OF A COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT AT THE DIRECTION OF THE SUPPORT ________________________________________________________________________ 21 COLLECTION UNIT NO EARLIER THAN TWENTY-FOUR MONTHS AFTER SUCH ORDER IS ________________________________________________________________________ 22 ISSUED, LAST MODIFIED OR LAST ADJUSTED, UPON THE REQUEST OF ANY PARTY TO ________________________________________________________________________ 23 THE ORDER OR PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (2) BELOW. SUCH COST OF LIVING ________________________________________________________________________ 24 ADJUSTMENT SHALL BE ON NOTICE TO BOTH PARTIES WHO, IF THEY OBJECT TO THE ________________________________________________________________________ 25 COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT, SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE HEARD BY THE COURT ________________________________________________________________________ 26 AND TO PRESENT EVIDENCE WHICH THE COURT WILL CONSIDER IN ADJUSTING THE ________________________________________________________________________ 27 CHILD SUPPORT ORDER IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION 1-B OF SECTION TWO ________________________________________________________________________ 28 HUNDRED FORTY OF THE DOMESTIC RELATIONS LAW, KNOWN AS THE CHILD SUPPORT ________________________________________________________________________ 29 STANDARDS ACT. ______________ 30 (2) A PARTY SEEKING SUPPORT FOR ANY CHILD(REN) RECEIVING FAMILY ______________________________________________________________________ 31 ASSISTANCE SHALL HAVE A CHILD SUPPORT ORDER REVIEWED AND ADJUSTED AT THE ________________________________________________________________________ 32 DIRECTION OF THE SUPPORT COLLECTION UNIT NO EARLIER THAN TWENTY-FOUR ________________________________________________________________________ 33 MONTHS AFTER SUCH ORDER IS ISSUED, LAST MODIFIED OR LAST ADJUSTED BY THE ________________________________________________________________________ 34 SUPPORT COLLECTION UNIT, WITHOUT FURTHER APPLICATION BY ANY PARTY. ALL ________________________________________________________________________ 35 PARTIES WILL RECEIVE A COPY OF THE ADJUSTED ORDER. __________________________________________________ 36 (3) WHERE ANY PARTY FAILS TO PROVIDE, AND UPDATE UPON ANY CHANGE, THE ______________________________________________________________________ 37 SUPPORT COLLECTION UNIT WITH A CURRENT ADDRESS, AS REQUIRED BY SECTION ________________________________________________________________________ 38 TWO HUNDRED FORTY-B OF THE DOMESTIC RELATIONS LAW, TO WHICH AN ADJUSTED ________________________________________________________________________ 39 ORDER CAN BE SENT, THE SUPPORT OBLIGATION AMOUNT CONTAINED THEREIN SHALL ________________________________________________________________________ 40 BECOME DUE AND OWING ON THE DATE THE FIRST PAYMENT IS DUE UNDER THE ________________________________________________________________________ 41 TERMS OF THE ORDER OF SUPPORT WHICH WAS REVIEWED AND ADJUSTED OCCURRING ________________________________________________________________________ 42 ON OR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE ADJUSTED ORDER, REGARDLESS OF ________________________________________________________________________ 43 WHETHER OR NOT THE PARTY HAS RECEIVED A COPY OF THE ADJUSTED ORDER. ___________________________________________________________________ 44 (b) All court orders of support payable through a support collection ______________________________________________________________________ 45 unit shall on their face in conspicuous type state: ___________________________________________________ 46 NOTE: (1) THIS ORDER OF CHILD SUPPORT SHALL BE ADJUSTED BY THE ______________________________________________________________________ 47 APPLICATION OF A COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT AT THE DIRECTION OF THE ________________________________________________________________________ 48 SUPPORT COLLECTION UNIT NO EARLIER THAN TWENTY-FOUR MONTHS AFTER THIS ________________________________________________________________________ 49 ORDER IS ISSUED, LAST MODIFIED OR LAST ADJUSTED, UPON THE REQUEST OF ANY ________________________________________________________________________ 50 PARTY TO THE ORDER OR PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (2) BELOW. UPON APPLICATION ________________________________________________________________________ 51 OF A COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT AT THE DIRECTION OF THE SUPPORT ________________________________________________________________________ 52 COLLECTION UNIT, AN ADJUSTED ORDER SHALL BE SENT TO THE PARTIES WHO, IF ________________________________________________________________________ 53 THEY OBJECT TO THE COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT, SHALL HAVE THIRTY-FIVE ________________________________________________________________________ 54 (35) DAYS FROM THE DATE OF MAILING TO SUBMIT A WRITTEN OBJECTION TO THE ________________________________________________________________________ 55 COURT INDICATED ON SUCH ADJUSTED ORDER. UPON RECEIPT OF SUCH WRITTEN ________________________________________________________________________ 56 OBJECTION, THE COURT SHALL SCHEDULE A HEARING AT WHICH THE PARTIES MAY ________________________________________________________________________ S. 5771 71 1 BE PRESENT TO OFFER EVIDENCE WHICH THE COURT WILL CONSIDER IN ADJUSTING ________________________________________________________________________ 2 THE CHILD SUPPORT ORDER IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CHILD SUPPORT STANDARDS ________________________________________________________________________ 3 ACT. ____ 4 (2) A RECIPIENT OF FAMILY ASSISTANCE SHALL HAVE THE CHILD SUPPORT ______________________________________________________________________ 5 ORDER REVIEWED AND ADJUSTED AT THE DIRECTION OF THE SUPPORT COLLECTION ________________________________________________________________________ 6 UNIT NO EARLIER THAN TWENTY-FOUR MONTHS AFTER SUCH ORDER IS ISSUED, LAST ________________________________________________________________________ 7 MODIFIED OR LAST ADJUSTED WITHOUT FURTHER APPLICATION BY ANY PARTY. ALL ________________________________________________________________________ 8 PARTIES WILL RECEIVE A COPY OF THE ADJUSTED ORDER. __________________________________________________ 9 (3) WHERE ANY PARTY FAILS TO PROVIDE, AND UPDATE UPON ANY CHANGE, THE ______________________________________________________________________ 10 SUPPORT COLLECTION UNIT WITH A CURRENT ADDRESS, AS REQUIRED BY SECTION ________________________________________________________________________ 11 TWO HUNDRED FORTY-B OF THE DOMESTIC RELATIONS LAW, TO WHICH AN ADJUSTED ________________________________________________________________________ 12 ORDER CAN BE SENT, THE SUPPORT OBLIGATION AMOUNT CONTAINED THEREIN SHALL ________________________________________________________________________ 13 BECOME DUE AND OWING ON THE DATE THE FIRST PAYMENT IS DUE UNDER THE ________________________________________________________________________ 14 TERMS OF THE ORDER OF SUPPORT WHICH WAS REVIEWED AND ADJUSTED OCCURRING ________________________________________________________________________ 15 ON OR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE ADJUSTED ORDER, REGARDLESS OF ________________________________________________________________________ 16 WHETHER OR NOT THE PARTY HAS RECEIVED A COPY OF THE ADJUSTED ORDER. ___________________________________________________________________ 17  97. Paragraph (1) of subdivision 1 of section 413 of the family 18 court act, as amended by chapter 59 of the laws of 1993, is amended to 19 read as follows: 20 (1) In any action or proceeding for modification of an order of child 21 support existing prior to the effective date of this paragraph, brought 22 pursuant to this article [four of this chapter], the child support stan- ____ 23 dards set forth in paragraphs (a) through (k) of this subdivision shall 24 not constitute grounds for modification of such support order; provided, 25 however, that (1) where the circumstances warrant modification of such ___ 26 order, or (2) where [an adjustment of a child support order is sought ___ 27 by] any party objects to an adjusted child support order made or ____________________________________________________________________ 28 proposed at the direction of the support collection unit [or either of ______________________________ 29 the parties] pursuant to [subdivision twelve of] section one hundred 30 eleven-h or one hundred eleven-n of the social services law, [or subdi- _______________________ 31 vision three of section four hundred thirteen of the family court act or 32 subdivision four of section two hundred forty of the domestic relations 33 law] and the court is reviewing the current order of child support, such ______________________________________________________________ 34 standards shall [apply] be applied by the court in its determination _____________________________________________ 35 with regard to the request for modification or disposition of an ________________________________________________________________________ 36 objection to an adjusted child support order made or proposed by a ________________________________________________________________________ 37 support collection unit. In applying such standards, when the order to _______________________ 38 be modified incorporates by reference or merges with a validly executed 39 separation agreement or stipulation of settlement, the court may consid- 40 er, in addition to the factors set forth in paragraph (f) of this subdi- 41 vision, the provisions of such agreement or stipulation concerning prop- 42 erty distribution, distributive award and/or maintenance in determining 43 whether the amount calculated by using the standards would be unjust or 44 inappropriate. 45  98. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 of section 440 of the family 46 court act, as added by chapter 59 of the laws of 1993, is amended to 47 read as follows: 48 (c) Any order of support issued on behalf of a child in receipt of 49 [public] family assistance or child support enforcement services pursu- ______ ___________ 50 ant to section one hundred eleven-g of the social services law shall be 51 subject to review and adjustment by the support collection unit pursuant 52 to [subdivision twelve of] section one hundred [eleven-h] eleven-n of ________ 53 the social services law, [subdivision four of] section two hundred 54 [forty] forty-c of the domestic relations law and [subdivision three of] _______ 55 section four hundred [thirteen] thirteen-a of this article. Such review __________ 56 and adjustment shall be in addition to any other activities undertaken S. 5771 72 1 by the support collection unit relating to the establishment, modifica- 2 tion, and enforcement of support orders payable to such unit. 3  99. The family court act is amended by adding a new section 413-a 4 to read as follows: 5  413-a. Review and cost of living adjustment of child support ______________________________________________________________________ 6 orders. 1. Request. Any party to a child support order issued on ________________________________________________________________________ 7 behalf of a child in receipt of public assistance, or child support ________________________________________________________________________ 8 enforcement services pursuant to section one hundred eleven-g of the ________________________________________________________________________ 9 social services law, may request that the support collection unit review ________________________________________________________________________ 10 the order for cost of living adjustment purposes pursuant to section one ________________________________________________________________________ 11 hundred eleven-n of the social services law. ____________________________________________ 12 2. Adjustment process. (a) A cost of living adjustment shall be made ______________________________________________________________________ 13 by the support collection unit with respect to an order of support under ________________________________________________________________________ 14 review if the sum of the annual average changes of the consumer price ________________________________________________________________________ 15 index for all urban consumers (CPI-U), as published annually by the ________________________________________________________________________ 16 United States department of labor bureau of labor statistics, is ten ________________________________________________________________________ 17 percent or greater. ___________________ 18 (b) The cost of living adjustment and adjusted child support obli- ______________________________________________________________________ 19 gation amount as calculated by the review shall be reflected on the ________________________________________________________________________ 20 adjusted order issued by the support collection unit and mailed to the ________________________________________________________________________ 21 parties by first class mail. The child support obligation amount ________________________________________________________________________ 22 contained in the adjusted order shall be due and owing on the date the ________________________________________________________________________ 23 first payment is due under the terms of the order of support which was ________________________________________________________________________ 24 reviewed and adjusted occurring on or after the effective date of the ________________________________________________________________________ 25 adjusted order. _______________ 26 (c) The support collection unit shall provide a copy of the adjusted ______________________________________________________________________ 27 order to the court which issued the most recent order of support, which ________________________________________________________________________ 28 shall append it to the order. _____________________________ 29 3. Objection process. (a) An objection to a cost of living adjust- ______________________________________________________________________ 30 ment, as reflected in an adjusted order issued by a support collection ________________________________________________________________________ 31 unit, may be made to the court by either party to the order, or by the ________________________________________________________________________ 32 support collection unit, and shall be submitted to the court in writing ________________________________________________________________________ 33 within thirty-five days from the date of mailing of the adjusted order. ________________________________________________________________________ 34 A copy of the written objection shall be provided by the objecting party ________________________________________________________________________ 35 to the other party and to the support collection unit. ______________________________________________________ 36 (b) Where such objections are timely filed, the cost of living ______________________________________________________________________ 37 adjustment shall not take effect, and a hearing on the adjustment of ________________________________________________________________________ 38 such order shall be granted pursuant to the provisions of this section, ________________________________________________________________________ 39 which shall result in either: _____________________________ 40 (1) the issuance by the court of a new order of support in accordance ______________________________________________________________________ 41 with the child support standards as set forth in section four hundred ________________________________________________________________________ 42 thirteen of this article; or ____________________________ 43 (2) where application of the child support standards as set forth in ______________________________________________________________________ 44 section four hundred thirteen of this article results in a determination ________________________________________________________________________ 45 that no adjustment is appropriate, an order of no adjustment. _____________________________________________________________ 46 (c) Any order of support made by the court under this section shall ______________________________________________________________________ 47 occur without the requirement for proof or showing of a change in ________________________________________________________________________ 48 circumstances. ______________ 49 (d) The court shall conduct the hearing and make its determination no ______________________________________________________________________ 50 later than forty-five days from the date it receives an objection. The ________________________________________________________________________ 51 clerk of the court shall immediately transmit copies of the order of ________________________________________________________________________ 52 support or order of no adjustment issued by the court pursuant to this ________________________________________________________________________ 53 subdivision to the parties and the support collection unit. Where a ________________________________________________________________________ 54 hearing results in the issuance of a new order of support, the effective ________________________________________________________________________ 55 date of the court order shall be the earlier of the date of the court ________________________________________________________________________ S. 5771 73 1 determination or the date the cost of living adjustment would have been ________________________________________________________________________ 2 effective had it not been challenged. _____________________________________ 3 (e) Where no objection has been timely raised to a cost of living ______________________________________________________________________ 4 adjustment as reflected in an adjusted order, such adjustment shall ________________________________________________________________________ 5 become final without further review by the court or any judge or hearing ________________________________________________________________________ 6 examiner thereof. _________________ 7 4. Modification of orders. Nothing herein shall be deemed in any way ______________________________________________________________________ 8 to limit, restrict, expand or impair the rights of any party to file for ________________________________________________________________________ 9 a modification of a child support order as is otherwise provided by law. ________________________________________________________________________ 10 5. Notice. Parties eligible for adjustment of child support orders ______________________________________________________________________ 11 shall receive notice of the right to review such orders as follows: ___________________________________________________________________ 12 (a) All applications or motions by the support collection unit or by ______________________________________________________________________ 13 persons seeking support enforcement services through the support ________________________________________________________________________ 14 collection unit for the establishment, modification, enforcement, ________________________________________________________________________ 15 violation or adjustment of child support orders shall on their face in ________________________________________________________________________ 16 conspicuous type state: _______________________ 17 NOTE: (1) A COURT ORDER OF SUPPORT RESULTING FROM A PROCEEDING ______________________________________________________________________ 18 COMMENCED BY THIS APPLICATION (PETITION) SHALL BE ADJUSTED BY THE APPLI- ________________________________________________________________________ 19 CATION OF A COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT AT THE DIRECTION OF THE SUPPORT ________________________________________________________________________ 20 COLLECTION UNIT NO EARLIER THAN TWENTY-FOUR MONTHS AFTER SUCH ORDER IS ________________________________________________________________________ 21 ISSUED, LAST MODIFIED OR LAST ADJUSTED, UPON THE REQUEST OF ANY PARTY TO ________________________________________________________________________ 22 THE ORDER OR PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (2) BELOW. SUCH COST OF LIVING ________________________________________________________________________ 23 ADJUSTMENT SHALL BE ON NOTICE TO BOTH PARTIES WHO, IF THEY OBJECT TO THE ________________________________________________________________________ 24 COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT, SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE HEARD BY THE COURT ________________________________________________________________________ 25 AND TO PRESENT EVIDENCE WHICH THE COURT WILL CONSIDER IN ADJUSTING THE ________________________________________________________________________ 26 CHILD SUPPORT ORDER IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION FOUR HUNDRED THIRTEEN OF ________________________________________________________________________ 27 THE FAMILY COURT ACT, KNOWN AS THE CHILD SUPPORT STANDARDS ACT. _______________________________________________________________ 28 (2) A PARTY SEEKING SUPPORT FOR ANY CHILD(REN) RECEIVING FAMILY ______________________________________________________________________ 29 ASSISTANCE SHALL HAVE A CHILD SUPPORT ORDER REVIEWED AND ADJUSTED AT THE ________________________________________________________________________ 30 DIRECTION OF THE SUPPORT COLLECTION UNIT NO EARLIER THAN TWENTY-FOUR ________________________________________________________________________ 31 MONTHS AFTER SUCH ORDER IS ISSUED, LAST MODIFIED OR LAST ADJUSTED BY THE ________________________________________________________________________ 32 SUPPORT COLLECTION UNIT, WITHOUT FURTHER APPLICATION BY ANY PARTY. ALL ________________________________________________________________________ 33 PARTIES WILL RECEIVE A COPY OF THE ADJUSTED ORDER. __________________________________________________ 34 (3) WHERE ANY PARTY FAILS TO PROVIDE, AND UPDATE UPON ANY CHANGE, THE ______________________________________________________________________ 35 SUPPORT COLLECTION UNIT WITH A CURRENT ADDRESS, AS REQUIRED BY SECTION ________________________________________________________________________ 36 FOUR HUNDRED FORTY-THREE OF THE FAMILY COURT ACT, TO WHICH AN ADJUSTED ________________________________________________________________________ 37 ORDER CAN BE SENT, THE SUPPORT OBLIGATION AMOUNT CONTAINED THEREIN SHALL ________________________________________________________________________ 38 BECOME DUE AND OWING ON THE DATE THE FIRST PAYMENT IS DUE UNDER THE ________________________________________________________________________ 39 TERMS OF THE ORDER OF SUPPORT WHICH WAS REVIEWED AND ADJUSTED OCCURRING ________________________________________________________________________ 40 ON OR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE ADJUSTED ORDER, REGARDLESS OF ________________________________________________________________________ 41 WHETHER OR NOT THE PARTY HAS RECEIVED A COPY OF THE ADJUSTED ORDER. ___________________________________________________________________ 42 (b) All court orders of support payable through a support collection ______________________________________________________________________ 43 unit shall on their face in conspicuous type state: ___________________________________________________ 44 NOTE: (1) THIS ORDER OF CHILD SUPPORT SHALL BE ADJUSTED BY THE ______________________________________________________________________ 45 APPLICATION OF A COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT AT THE DIRECTION OF THE ________________________________________________________________________ 46 SUPPORT COLLECTION UNIT NO EARLIER THAN TWENTY-FOUR MONTHS AFTER THIS ________________________________________________________________________ 47 ORDER IS ISSUED, LAST MODIFIED OR LAST ADJUSTED, UPON THE REQUEST OF ANY ________________________________________________________________________ 48 PARTY TO THE ORDER OR PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (2) BELOW. UPON APPLICATION ________________________________________________________________________ 49 OF A COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT AT THE DIRECTION OF THE SUPPORT ________________________________________________________________________ 50 COLLECTION UNIT, AN ADJUSTED ORDER SHALL BE SENT TO THE PARTIES WHO, IF ________________________________________________________________________ 51 THEY OBJECT TO THE COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT, SHALL HAVE THIRTY-FIVE ________________________________________________________________________ 52 (35) DAYS FROM THE DATE OF MAILING TO SUBMIT A WRITTEN OBJECTION TO THE ________________________________________________________________________ 53 COURT INDICATED ON SUCH ADJUSTED ORDER. UPON RECEIPT OF SUCH WRITTEN ________________________________________________________________________ 54 OBJECTION, THE COURT SHALL SCHEDULE A HEARING AT WHICH THE PARTIES MAY ________________________________________________________________________ 55 BE PRESENT TO OFFER EVIDENCE WHICH THE COURT WILL CONSIDER IN ADJUSTING ________________________________________________________________________ S. 5771 74 1 THE CHILD SUPPORT ORDER IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CHILD SUPPORT STANDARDS ________________________________________________________________________ 2 ACT. ____ 3 (2) A RECIPIENT OF FAMILY ASSISTANCE SHALL HAVE THE CHILD SUPPORT ______________________________________________________________________ 4 ORDER REVIEWED AND ADJUSTED AT THE DIRECTION OF THE SUPPORT COLLECTION ________________________________________________________________________ 5 UNIT NO EARLIER THAN TWENTY-FOUR MONTHS AFTER SUCH ORDER IS ISSUED, LAST ________________________________________________________________________ 6 MODIFIED OR LAST ADJUSTED WITHOUT FURTHER APPLICATION OF ANY PARTY. ALL ________________________________________________________________________ 7 PARTIES WILL RECEIVE NOTICE OF ADJUSTMENT FINDINGS. ___________________________________________________ 8 (3) WHERE ANY PARTY FAILS TO PROVIDE, AND UPDATE UPON ANY CHANGE, THE ______________________________________________________________________ 9 SUPPORT COLLECTION UNIT WITH A CURRENT ADDRESS, AS REQUIRED BY SECTION ________________________________________________________________________ 10 FOUR HUNDRED FORTY-THREE OF THE FAMILY COURT ACT, TO WHICH AN ADJUSTED ________________________________________________________________________ 11 ORDER CAN BE SENT, THE SUPPORT OBLIGATION AMOUNT CONTAINED THEREIN SHALL ________________________________________________________________________ 12 BECOME DUE AND OWING ON THE DATE THE FIRST PAYMENT IS DUE UNDER THE ________________________________________________________________________ 13 TERMS OF THE ORDER OF SUPPORT WHICH WAS REVIEWED AND ADJUSTED OCCURRING ________________________________________________________________________ 14 ON OR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE ORDER, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR ________________________________________________________________________ 15 NOT THE PARTY HAS RECEIVED A COPY OF THE ADJUSTED ORDER. ________________________________________________________ 16  100. Subdivision 3 of section 413 of the family court act, as added 17 by chapter 59 of the laws of 1993, paragraphs a and b as amended by 18 chapter 81 of the laws of 1995, and paragraph c as amended by chapter 19 170 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows: 20 3. a. [Adjustment] One-time adjustment of child support orders issued ___________________ 21 prior to September fifteenth, nineteen hundred eighty-nine. Any party __________________________________________________________ 22 to a child support order issued prior to September fifteenth, nineteen ______________________________________ 23 hundred eighty-nine on the behalf of a child in receipt of public ___________________ 24 assistance or child support services pursuant to section one hundred 25 eleven-g of the social services law may request that the support 26 collection unit undertake one review of the order for adjustment ______________ __ 27 purposes pursuant to section one hundred eleven-h of the social services 28 law [once every thirty-six months from the date such order was issued or 29 from the date of the last review]. A hearing on the adjustment of such 30 order shall be granted upon the objection of either party pursuant to __________________________________ 31 the provisions of this section. An order shall be adjusted if as of the 32 date of the support collection unit's review of the correct amount of 33 child support as calculated pursuant to the provisions of this section 34 would deviate by at least ten percent from the child support ordered in 35 the last permanent support order of the court. Additionally, a new 36 support order shall be issued upon a showing that the current order of 37 support does not provide for the health care needs of the child through 38 insurance or otherwise. Eligibility of the child for medical assistance 39 shall not relieve any obligation the parties otherwise have to provide 40 for the health care needs of the child. The support collection unit's 41 review of a child support order shall be made on notice to all parties 42 to the current support order and shall be subject to the provisions of 43 section four hundred twenty-four-a of this article. [In any case where 44 a child support order or modification thereto was issued subsequent to 45 September fifteenth, nineteen hundred eighty-nine where the percentages 46 for establishing the presumptively correct basic child support obli- 47 gation pursuant to this section were not applied due to a finding by the 48 court that such application was unjust or inappropriate, the court and 49 the support collection unit shall consider, in reviewing the order, 50 whether the factors which gave rise to the rebuttal of the application 51 of such percentages still exist, to the extent that such factors are 52 known.] Nothing herein shall be deemed in any way to limit, restrict, 53 expand or impair the rights of any party to file for a modification of a 54 child support order as is otherwise provided by law. S. 5771 75 1 b. [Parties eligible for adjustment of child support orders shall 2 receive notice of the right to review of such orders as provided for 3 herein: 4 (1) All applications or petitions by the support collection unit or 5 applications or petitions seeking support enforcement services through 6 the support collection unit for the establishment, enforcement, 7 violation or adjustment of child support orders shall on their face in 8 conspicuous type state: NOTE: (a) A COURT ORDER OF SUPPORT RESULTING 9 FROM A PROCEEDING COMMENCED BY THIS APPLICATION (PETITION) SHALL BE 10 REVIEWED BY THE SUPPORT COLLECTION UNIT FOR SUBSEQUENT COMPLIANCE WITH 11 THE CHILD SUPPORT STANDARDS ACT THIRTY-SIX MONTHS AFTER SUCH ORDER IS 12 ISSUED UPON THE REQUEST OF ANY PARTY TO THE ORDER. SUCH REVIEW SHALL BE 13 ON NOTICE TO BOTH PARTIES WHO SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE HEARD BY THE 14 COURT AND TO PRESENT EVIDENCE IN SUPPORT OF OR IN OPPOSITION TO THE 15 ADJUSTMENT FINDING. 16 (b) PARTIES SEEKING SUPPORT FOR CHILDREN WHO ARE RECIPIENTS OF PUBLIC 17 ASSISTANCE SHALL HAVE CHILD SUPPORT ORDERS REVIEWED EVERY THREE YEARS BY 18 THE SUPPORT COLLECTION UNIT FOR ADJUSTMENT PURPOSES WITHOUT FURTHER 19 APPLICATION OF ANY PARTY. ALL PARTIES WILL RECEIVE NOTICE OF THE SUPPORT 20 COLLECTION UNIT'S ADJUSTMENT FINDINGS. 21 (c) UPON THE FAILURE OF A PARTY TO PROVIDE A COMPLETED AFFIDAVIT OF 22 NET WORTH, THE MOST RECENTLY FILED STATE AND FEDERAL INCOME TAX RETURNS 23 AND CURRENT AND REPRESENTATIVE PAYCHECK STUB(S) TO THE SUPPORT 24 COLLECTION UNIT THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES SHALL BE ENTI- 25 TLED TO CERTAIN TAX INFORMATION FROM THE STATE COMMISSIONER OF TAXATION 26 AND FINANCE PURSUANT TO SECTION ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-ONE-G OF THE TAX LAW 27 AND SECTION ONE HUNDRED ELEVEN-C OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW WHICH THE 28 SUPPORT COLLECTION UNIT MAY REVIEW AND USE TO INITIATE PROCEEDINGS TO 29 ADJUST THE CHILD SUPPORT ORDER. 30 (2) All court orders of support payable through a support collection 31 unit shall on their face in conspicuous type state: NOTE: (a) THIS 32 ORDER OF CHILD SUPPORT SHALL BE REVIEWED BY THE SUPPORT COLLECTION UNIT 33 FOR SUBSEQUENT COMPLIANCE WITH THE CHILD SUPPORT STANDARDS ACT 34 THIRTY-SIX MONTHS AFTER THIS ORDER IS ISSUED UPON THE REQUEST OF ANY 35 PARTY TO THE ORDER. UPON THE FINDING BY THE SUPPORT COLLECTION UNIT OF A 36 BASIS FOR UPWARD ADJUSTMENT OF THIS COURT ORDER OF CHILD SUPPORT, A NEW 37 PROPOSED ORDER AND FINDINGS IN SUPPORT THEREOF SHALL BE SENT TO THE 38 PARTIES WHO SHALL HAVE THIRTY-FIVE (35) DAYS FROM THE DATE OF MAILING TO 39 OBJECT IN WRITING THERETO TO THE COURT INDICATED ON SUCH PROPOSED ORDER. 40 UPON RECEIPT OF SUCH WRITTEN OBJECTION THE COURT SHALL SCHEDULE A HEAR- 41 ING AT WHICH THE PARTIES MAY BE PRESENT TO OFFER EVIDENCE IN SUPPORT OF 42 OR IN OPPOSITION TO ADJUSTMENT OF THE CHILD SUPPORT ORDER. 43 (b) RECIPIENTS OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS SHALL HAVE CHILD SUPPORT 44 ORDERS REVIEWED EVERY THREE YEARS FOR ADJUSTMENT PURPOSES WITHOUT 45 FURTHER APPLICATION OF ANY PARTY. ALL PARTIES WILL RECEIVE NOTICE OF 46 ADJUSTMENT FINDINGS. 47 (c) WHERE ANY PARTY FAILS TO PROVIDE A COMPLETED AFFIDAVIT OF NET 48 WORTH, THE MOST RECENTLY FILED STATE AND FEDERAL INCOME TAX RETURNS AND 49 CURRENT AND REPRESENTATIVE PAYCHECK STUB(S) TO THE SUPPORT COLLECTION 50 UNIT THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES SHALL BE ENTITLED TO 51 CERTAIN TAX INFORMATION FROM THE STATE COMMISSIONER OF TAXATION AND 52 FINANCE PURSUANT TO SECTION ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-ONE-G OF THE TAX LAW AND 53 SECTION ONE HUNDRED ELEVEN-C OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW, WHICH SHALL BE 54 SUBMITTED TO THE COURT, AND THE COURT SHALL USE SUCH INFORMATION TO 55 ADJUST THE CHILD SUPPORT ORDER. WHERE TAX RETURN INFORMATION IS NOT 56 AVAILABLE BY VOLUNTARY DISCLOSURE OR AS PROVIDED FOR HEREIN, THE SUPPORT S. 5771 76 1 COLLECTION UNIT SHALL ISSUE A PROPOSED CHILD SUPPORT ORDER BASED UPON 2 THE NEEDS OR STANDARD OF LIVING OF THE CHILD, WHICHEVER IS GREATER, 3 WHICH SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO THE COURT. 4 (3) First class mail notice to the parties pursuant to section one 5 hundred eleven-h of the social services law. 6 c.] Upon receipt of an adjustment finding and where appropriate a 7 proposed order in conformity with such finding filed by either party or 8 by the support collection unit, a party shall have [thirty] thirty-five ___________ 9 days from the date of mailing of the adjustment finding and proposed __________________________________________________________________ 10 adjusted order, if any, to submit to the court identified thereon _______________________ 11 specific written objections to such finding and proposed order. ________ 12 (1) If specific written objections are submitted by either party or by ___ ________________ 13 the support collection unit, a hearing shall be scheduled by the court 14 on notice to the parties and the support collection unit, who shall have 15 the right to be heard by the court and to offer evidence in support of 16 or in opposition to adjustment of the support order. 17 (2) The party filing the specific written objections shall bear the ______________________________________________________________________ 18 burden of going forward and the burden of proof; provided, however, that ________________________________________________________________________ 19 if the support collection unit has failed to provide the documentation ________________________________________________________________________ 20 and information required by subdivision fourteen of section one hundred ________________________________________________________________________ 21 eleven-h of the social services law, the court shall first require the ________________________________________________________________________ 22 support collection unit to furnish such documents and information to the ________________________________________________________________________ 23 parties and the court. ______________________ 24 (3) If the court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that the ______________________________________________________________________ 25 specific written objections have been proven, the court shall recalcu- ________________________________________________________________________ 26 late or readjust the proposed adjusted order accordingly or, for good ________________________________________________________________________ 27 cause, shall remand the order to the support collection unit for ________________________________________________________________________ 28 submission of a new proposed adjusted order. Any readjusted order so ________________________________________________________________________ 29 issued by the court or resubmitted by the support collection unit ________________________________________________________________________ 30 following remand by the court shall be effective as of the date the ________________________________________________________________________ 31 proposed adjusted order would have been effective had no written ________________________________________________________________________ 32 objections been filed. ______________________ 33 (4) If the court finds that the specific written objections have not ______________________________________________________________________ 34 been proven by a preponderance of the evidence, the court shall imme- ________________________________________________________________________ 35 diately issue the adjusted order, which shall be effective as of the ________________________________________________________________________ 36 date the order would have been effective had no written objections been ________________________________________________________________________ 37 filed. ______ 38 (5) If the determination of the specific written objections has been ______________________________________________________________________ 39 made by a family court hearing examiner, the parties shall be permitted ________________________________________________________________________ 40 to obtain judicial review of such determination by filing timely written ________________________________________________________________________ 41 objections pursuant to subdivision (e) of section four hundred thirty- ________________________________________________________________________ 42 nine of this act. _________________ 43 (6) If the court receives no specific written objections to the ___ ________ 44 support order within thirty-five days of the mailing of the proposed 45 order, the clerk of the court shall immediately issue the order without _ 46 any further review, modification, or other prior action by the court or 47 any judge or hearing examiner thereof, and the clerk shall immediately 48 transmit copies of the order of support to the parties and to the 49 support collection unit. 50 [d] c. A motion to vacate an order of support adjusted pursuant to _ 51 this section may be made no later than forty-five days after an adjusted 52 support order is executed by the court where no specific written ________________ 53 objections to the proposed order have been timely received by the court. 54 Such motion shall be granted only upon a determination by the court 55 issuing such order that personal jurisdiction was not timely obtained 56 over the moving party. S. 5771 77 1  101. Section 413 of the family court act is amended by adding a new 2 subdivision 4 to read as follows: 3 4. On-going cost of living adjustment of child support orders issued ______________________________________________________________________ 4 prior to September fifteenth, nineteen hundred eighty-nine. Any party to ________________________________________________________________________ 5 a child support order issued prior to September fifteenth, nineteen ________________________________________________________________________ 6 hundred eighty-nine on the behalf of a child in receipt of public ________________________________________________________________________ 7 assistance or child support services pursuant to section one hundred ________________________________________________________________________ 8 eleven-g of the social services law may request that the support ________________________________________________________________________ 9 collection unit review the order for a cost of living adjustment in ________________________________________________________________________ 10 accordance with the provisions of section four hundred thirteen-a of ________________________________________________________________________ 11 this article. _____________ 12  102. Subdivision 4 of section 240 of the domestic relations law, as 13 added by chapter 59 of the laws of 1993, the opening paragraph and para- 14 graphs 1 and 2 as amended by chapter 81 of the laws of 1995, is amended 15 to read as follows: 16 4. [Adjustment] One-time adjustment of child support orders issued ___________________ ______ 17 prior to September fifteenth, nineteen hundred eighty-nine. Any party ____________________________________________________________ 18 to a child support order issued prior to September fifteenth, nineteen ________________________________________ 19 hundred eighty-nine on the behalf of a child in receipt of public ____________________ 20 assistance or child support services pursuant to section one hundred 21 eleven-g of the social services law may request that the support 22 collection unit undertake one review of the order for adjustment ______________ __ 23 purposes pursuant to section one hundred eleven-h of the social services 24 law [every thirty-six months from the date such order was issued or from 25 the date of the last review]. A hearing on the adjustment of such order 26 shall be granted upon the objection of either party pursuant to the ____________________________________ 27 provisions of this section. An order shall be adjusted if as of the 28 date of the support collection unit's review of the correct amount of 29 child support as calculated pursuant to the provisions of this section 30 would deviate by at least ten percent from the child support ordered in 31 the current order of support. Additionally, [an] a new order shall be _____ 32 [adjusted if] issued upon a showing that the current order of support __________________________ 33 does not provide for the health care needs of the child through insur- 34 ance or otherwise. Eligibility of the child for medical assistance shall 35 not relieve any obligation the parties otherwise have to provide for the 36 health care needs of the child. The support collection unit's review of 37 a child support order shall be made on notice to all parties to the 38 current support order. [In any case where a child support order or 39 modification thereto was issued subsequent to September fifteenth, nine- 40 teen hundred eighty-nine, where the percentages for establishing the 41 presumptively correct basic child support obligation pursuant to this 42 section were not applied due to a finding by the court that such appli- 43 cation was unjust or inappropriate, the court and the support collection 44 unit shall consider, in reviewing the order, whether the factors which 45 gave rise to the rebuttal of the application of such percentages still 46 exist to the extent that such factors are known.] Nothing herein shall 47 be deemed in any way to limit, restrict, expand or impair the rights of 48 any party to file for a modification of a child support order as is 49 otherwise provided by law. 50 (1) [Parties eligible for adjustment of child support orders shall 51 receive notice of the right to review of such orders as provided for 52 herein: 53 (a) All applications or petitions by the support collection unit or 54 applications or petitions seeking support enforcement services through 55 the support collection unit for the establishment, enforcement, 56 violation or adjustment of child support orders shall on their face in S. 5771 78 1 conspicuous type state: NOTE: (i) A COURT ORDER OF SUPPORT RESULTING 2 FROM A PROCEEDING COMMENCED BY THIS APPLICATION (PETITION) SHALL BE 3 REVIEWED BY THE SUPPORT COLLECTION UNIT FOR SUBSEQUENT COMPLIANCE WITH 4 THE CHILD SUPPORT STANDARDS ACT THIRTY-SIX MONTHS AFTER SUCH ORDER IS 5 ISSUED UPON THE REQUEST OF ANY PARTY TO THE ORDER. SUCH REVIEW SHALL BE 6 ON NOTICE TO BOTH PARTIES WHO SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE HEARD BY THE 7 COURT AND TO PRESENT EVIDENCE IN SUPPORT OF OR IN OPPOSITION TO THE 8 ADJUSTMENT FINDING. 9 (ii) PARTIES SEEKING SUPPORT FOR CHILDREN WHO ARE RECIPIENTS OF PUBLIC 10 ASSISTANCE SHALL HAVE CHILD SUPPORT ORDERS REVIEWED EVERY THREE YEARS BY 11 THE SUPPORT COLLECTION UNIT FOR ADJUSTMENT PURPOSES WITHOUT FURTHER 12 APPLICATION OF ANY PARTY. ALL PARTIES WILL RECEIVE NOTICE OF ADJUSTMENT 13 FINDINGS. 14 (iii) UPON THE FAILURE OF A PARTY TO PROVIDE A COMPLETED AFFIDAVIT OF 15 NET WORTH, THE MOST RECENTLY FILED STATE AND FEDERAL INCOME TAX RETURNS 16 AND CURRENT AND REPRESENTATIVE PAYCHECK STUB(S) TO THE SUPPORT 17 COLLECTION UNIT, THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES SHALL BE ENTI- 18 TLED TO CERTAIN TAX INFORMATION FROM THE STATE COMMISSIONER OF TAXATION 19 AND FINANCE PURSUANT TO SECTION ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-ONE-G OF THE TAX LAW 20 AND SECTION ONE HUNDRED ELEVEN-C OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW, WHICH THE 21 SUPPORT COLLECTION UNIT MAY REVIEW AND USE TO INITIATE PROCEEDINGS TO 22 ADJUST THE CHILD SUPPORT ORDER. 23 (b) All court orders of support payable through a support collection 24 unit shall on their face in conspicuous type state: NOTE: (i) THIS ORDER 25 OF CHILD SUPPORT SHALL BE REVIEWED BY THE SUPPORT COLLECTION UNIT FOR 26 SUBSEQUENT COMPLIANCE WITH THE CHILD SUPPORT STANDARDS ACT THIRTY-SIX 27 MONTHS AFTER THIS ORDER IS ISSUED UPON THE REQUEST OF ANY PARTY TO THE 28 ORDER. UPON THE FINDING BY THE SUPPORT COLLECTION UNIT OF A BASIS FOR 29 UPWARD ADJUSTMENT OF THIS COURT ORDER OF CHILD SUPPORT, A NEW PROPOSED 30 ORDER AND FINDINGS IN SUPPORT THEREOF SHALL BE SENT TO THE PARTIES WHO 31 SHALL HAVE THIRTY-FIVE (35) DAYS FROM THE DATE OF MAILING TO OBJECT IN 32 WRITING THERETO TO THE COURT INDICATED ON SUCH PROPOSED ORDER. UPON 33 RECEIPT OF SUCH WRITTEN OBJECTION THE COURT SHALL SCHEDULE A HEARING AT 34 WHICH THE PARTIES MAY BE PRESENT TO OFFER EVIDENCE IN SUPPORT OF OR IN 35 OPPOSITION TO ADJUSTMENT OF THE CHILD SUPPORT ORDER. 36 (ii) RECIPIENTS OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS SHALL HAVE CHILD SUPPORT 37 ORDERS REVIEWED EVERY THREE YEARS FOR ADJUSTMENT PURPOSES WITHOUT 38 FURTHER APPLICATION OF ANY PARTY. ALL PARTIES WILL RECEIVE NOTICE OF 39 ADJUSTMENT FINDINGS. 40 (iii) WHERE ANY PARTY FAILS TO PROVIDE A COMPLETED AFFIDAVIT OF NET 41 WORTH, THE MOST RECENTLY FILED STATE AND FEDERAL INCOME TAX RETURNS AND 42 CURRENT AND REPRESENTATIVE PAYCHECK STUB(S) TO THE SUPPORT COLLECTION 43 UNIT, THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES SHALL BE ENTITLED TO 44 CERTAIN TAX INFORMATION FROM THE STATE COMMISSIONER OF TAXATION AND 45 FINANCE PURSUANT TO SECTION ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-ONE-G OF THE TAX LAW AND 46 SECTION ONE HUNDRED ELEVEN-C OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW, WHICH SHALL BE 47 SUBMITTED TO THE COURT, AND THE COURT SHALL USE SUCH INFORMATION TO 48 ADJUST THE CHILD SUPPORT ORDER. WHERE TAX RETURN INFORMATION IS NOT 49 AVAILABLE BY VOLUNTARY DISCLOSURE OR AS PROVIDED FOR HEREIN, THE SUPPORT 50 COLLECTION UNIT SHALL ISSUE A PROPOSED CHILD SUPPORT ORDER BASED UPON 51 THE NEEDS OR STANDARD OF LIVING OF THE CHILD, WHICHEVER IS GREATER, 52 WHICH SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO THE COURT. 53 (c) First class mail notice to the parties pursuant to section one 54 hundred eleven-h of the social services law. 55 (2)] Upon mailing of an adjustment finding and where appropriate a 56 proposed order in conformity with such finding filed by either party or S. 5771 79 1 by the support collection unit, a party shall have thirty-five days from 2 the date of mailing to submit to the court identified thereon specific ________ 3 written objections to such finding and proposed order. 4 (a) If specific written objections are submitted by either party or by ___ ________________ 5 the support collection unit, a hearing shall be scheduled by the court 6 on notice to the parties and the support collection unit, who then shall 7 have the right to be heard by the court and to offer evidence in support 8 of or in opposition to adjustment of the support order. 9 (b) The party filing the specific written objections shall bear the ______________________________________________________________________ 10 burden of going forward and the burden of proof; provided, however, that ________________________________________________________________________ 11 if the support collection unit has failed to provide the documentation ________________________________________________________________________ 12 and information required by subdivision fourteen of section one hundred ________________________________________________________________________ 13 eleven-h of the social services law, the court shall first require the ________________________________________________________________________ 14 support collection unit to furnish such documents and information to the ________________________________________________________________________ 15 parties and the court. ______________________ 16 (c) If the court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that the ______________________________________________________________________ 17 specific written objections have been proven, the court shall recalcu- ________________________________________________________________________ 18 late or readjust the proposed adjusted order accordingly or, for good ________________________________________________________________________ 19 cause, shall remand the order to the support collection unit for ________________________________________________________________________ 20 submission of a new proposed adjusted order. Any readjusted order so ________________________________________________________________________ 21 issued by the court or resubmitted by the support collection unit after ________________________________________________________________________ 22 a remand by the court shall be effective as of the date the proposed ________________________________________________________________________ 23 adjusted order would have been effective had no specific written ________________________________________________________________________ 24 objections been filed. ______________________ 25 (d) If the court finds that the specific written objections have not _____________________________________________________________________ 26 been proven by a preponderance of the evidence, the court shall imme- ________________________________________________________________________ 27 diately issue the adjusted order as submitted by the support collection ________________________________________________________________________ 28 unit, which shall be effective as of the date the order would have been ________________________________________________________________________ 29 effective had no specific written exceptions been filed. ________________________________________________________ 30 (e) If the court receives no specific written [objection] objections ___ ________ __________ 31 to the support order within thirty-five days of the mailing of the 32 proposed order the clerk of the court shall immediately enter the order 33 without further review, modification, or other prior action by the court 34 or any judge or hearing examiner thereof, and the clerk shall immediate- 35 ly transmit copies of the order of support to the parties and to the 36 support collection unit. 37 [(3)] (2) A motion to vacate an order of support adjusted pursuant to ___ 38 this section may be made no later than forty-five days after an adjusted 39 support order is executed by the court where no specific written ________ 40 [objection] objections to the proposed order [has] have been timely __________ ____ 41 received by the court. Such motion shall be granted only upon a determi- 42 nation by the court issuing such order that personal jurisdiction was 43 not timely obtained over the moving party. 44  103. Section 240 of the domestic relations law is amended by adding 45 a new subdivision 5 to read as follows: 46 5. On-going cost of living adjustment of child support orders issued ______________________________________________________________________ 47 prior to September fifteenth, nineteen hundred eighty-nine. Any party to ________________________________________________________________________ 48 a child support order issued prior to September fifteenth, nineteen ________________________________________________________________________ 49 hundred eighty-nine on the behalf of a child in receipt of public ________________________________________________________________________ 50 assistance or child support services pursuant to section one hundred ________________________________________________________________________ 51 eleven-g of the social services law may request that the support ________________________________________________________________________ 52 collection unit review the order for a cost of living adjustment in ________________________________________________________________________ 53 accordance with the provisions of section two hundred forty-c of this ________________________________________________________________________ 54 article. ________ S. 5771 80 1  104. Subdivision 12 of section 111-h of the social services law, as 2 amended by chapter 81 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 12. In any case where the child support order was issued prior to __________________________________________________ 5 September fifteenth, nineteen hundred eighty-nine in which there is an _________________________________________________ 6 assignment of support rights or in which a request for an adjustment 7 review is made, the support collection unit shall initiate a one-time ________ 8 review of the order for adjustment purposes [no later than three years 9 after the establishment, adjustment or modification of the order or the 10 most recent review] unless: (i) the child is in receipt of public 11 assistance, and the support collection unit determines that such review 12 would not be in the best interest of the child or the custodial parent, _______________________ 13 and neither parent has requested review; or (ii) the child is not in 14 receipt of public assistance and neither parent has requested such 15 review. The support collection unit shall conduct such review in a 16 manner consistent with section four hundred thirteen of the family court 17 act and subdivision one-b of section two hundred forty of the domestic 18 relations law, commonly referred to as the child support guidelines, and 19 the definition of adjustment as set forth in subdivision three of 20 section four hundred thirteen of the family court act and paragraph b of 21 subdivision one of section two hundred forty of the domestic relations 22 law. 23  105. Subdivision 16 of section 111-h of the social services law, as 24 added by chapter 59 of the laws of 1993, is amended to read as follows: 25 16. Such notice shall include a statement that the party must, within 26 [thirty] thirty-five days of the date of mailing of the notice, send to ___________ __________ 27 the support collection unit: 28 (i) a current and representative paycheck stub with respect to each 29 source of employment income; 30 (ii) copies of the most recently filed state and federal income tax 31 returns; and 32 (iii) a sworn statement of net worth which shall also identify the 33 carrier and policy number of all health insurance currently in place, 34 for the benefit of the obligor and eligible dependents, and whether such 35 coverage has been in place for the previous year. 36 The notice shall also include a statement that the party may schedule 37 a conference with the support collection unit and submit a written 38 explanation of his or her present tax and financial information to 39 determine the appropriate modification, and thereby may avoid further 40 administrative and judicial proceedings. 41 The notice shall also state that in the event the party fails to 42 provide such information [timely] within thirty-five days of the date of ______________________________________ 43 the mailing of the notice, the department of social services shall be ____________________________ 44 entitled to make use of certain tax data from the commissioner of taxa- ___________ 45 tion and finance pursuant to section one hundred seventy-one-g of the 46 tax law and section one hundred eleven-c of the social [service] 47 services law[, which the support collection unit may review and use] to ________ 48 initiate proceedings to adjust the child support order. 49  106. Subdivisions 17 and 19 of section 111-h of the social services 50 law, subdivision 17 as added by chapter 59 of the laws of 1993, and 51 subdivision 19 as added by chapter 706 of the laws of 1996, are amended 52 to read as follows: 53 17. [For any order of support issued on behalf of a child in receipt 54 of public assistance or child support services pursuant to section one 55 hundred eleven-g of the social services law on July first, nineteen 56 hundred ninety-three, the support collection unit shall notify the S. 5771 81 1 parties to the order of their right to seek an adjustment of such 2 support order. Such notice shall contain a definition of adjustment, the 3 requirements for financial disclosure, the telephone number and address 4 of the support collection unit where assistance can be obtained in 5 commencing adjustment review, in addition to other information deemed 6 necessary and relevant by the department, and shall be sent to the 7 parties by first class mail at their last known address.] The department ______________ 8 shall develop and disseminate a notice informing both parties to child ________________________________________________________________________ 9 support orders issued prior to September fifteenth, nineteen hundred ________________________________________________________________________ 10 eighty-nine, of the availability of the one-time adjustment of child ________________________________________________________________________ 11 support orders pursuant to the provisions of subdivision three of ________________________________________________________________________ 12 section four hundred thirteen of the family court act and subdivision ________________________________________________________________________ 13 four of section two hundred forty of the domestic relations law. The ________________________________________________________________________ 14 department shall also develop a notice that shall set out the options ________________________________________________________________________ 15 for adjustment of child support orders issued prior to September ________________________________________________________________________ 16 fifteenth, nineteen hundred eighty-nine, and the methods for exercising ________________________________________________________________________ 17 those options. Said notice shall be sent by first class mail to persons ________________________________________________________________________ 18 in receipt of services pursuant to this title, and shall contain a reply ________________________________________________________________________ 19 form and envelope with postage pre-paid. ________________________________________ 20 19. (1) A support obligor may challenge in writing the correctness of 21 the determination of the support collection unit pursuant to this 22 section and section one hundred seventy-one-i of the tax law that the 23 obligor's arrearage should be collected through the department of taxa- 24 tion and finance, and in support of the challenge may submit documenta- 25 tion demonstrating mistaken [indentity] identity, error in calculation ________ 26 of arrears, financial exemption from such collection, the absence of an 27 underlying court order establishing arrears to support such determi- 28 nation. Such documents may include a copy of the order of support 29 pursuant to which the obligor claims to have made payment, other rele- 30 vant court orders, copies of cancelled checks, receipts for support 31 payments, pay stubs or other documents identifying wage withholding, 32 proof of identity, and like documents. The support collection unit 33 shall review the documentation submitted by the support obligor, shall 34 adjust the support obligor's account if appropriate, and shall notify 35 the support obligor of the results of the review initiated in response 36 to the challenge within seventy-five days from the date of the notice 37 required. If the support collection unit's review indicates that the 38 determination to refer to the department of taxation and finance for 39 collection was correct, the support collection unit shall notify the 40 support obligor of the results of the review and that the support obli- 41 gor has thirty days from the date of such notice to satisfy the full 42 amount of the arrears. If the support obligor fails to do so, the 43 support collection unit shall notify the department of taxation and 44 finance that they are authorized to commence collection of the arrears. 45 The support obligor shall be further notified that if the support obli- 46 gor files objections to the review determination of the support 47 collection unit with the bureau of special hearings; child support unit 48 of the department pursuant to subdivision sixteen of section one hundred 49 eleven-b of this title, and serves these objections on the support 50 collection unit within thirty days from the date of notice denying the 51 challenge, the support collection unit shall not notify the department 52 of taxation and finance of their authority to collect the arrearages 53 until fifteen days after receipt of a decision by the administrative law 54 judge pursuant to such section. 55 (2) A support obligor may within thirty days of the date of notice 56 denying his or her challenge by the support collection unit file S. 5771 82 1 objections to such denial with the bureau of special hearings; child 2 support unit of the department which shall review the support collection 3 unit's determination to refer the [obligors] obligor's case to the _________ 4 department of taxation and finance for collection pursuant to subdivi- 5 sion sixteen of section one hundred eleven-b of this title. If the 6 support obligor timely files such objections with such bureau the 7 support collection unit shall not notify the department of taxation and 8 finance of their authority to collect the arrearages until fifteen days 9 after entry of an order by the administrative law judge denying the 10 objections. 11  107. Section 111-b of the social services law is amended by adding a 12 new subdivision 17 to read as follows: 13 17. Special services for review and adjustment. The department shall _____________________________________________________________________ 14 develop procedures for and require local social services districts to ________________________________________________________________________ 15 dedicate special staff to the review and adjustment of child support ________________________________________________________________________ 16 orders entered prior to September fifteenth, nineteen hundred eighty- ________________________________________________________________________ 17 nine on behalf of children in receipt of public assistance or child ________________________________________________________________________ 18 support services pursuant to section one hundred eleven-g of this title. ________________________________________________________________________ 19 Such review and adjustment shall be performed pursuant to subdivisions ________________________________________________________________________ 20 twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen and sixteen of section one hundred ________________________________________________________________________ 21 eleven-h of this title. All such cases shall be reviewed and if neces- ________________________________________________________________________ 22 sary adjusted no later than December thirty-first, two thousand. ________________________________________________________________ 23  108. Subdivision (f) of section 115 of the family court act, as 24 added by chapter 81 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows: 25 (f) The family court has jurisdiction to direct the commencement of 26 proceedings to suspend the driving privileges, recreational licenses and ___________________________ 27 permits, and license, permit, registration or authority to practice of ________ 28 persons who are delinquent in their child or combined child and spousal 29 support obligations or persons who have failed, after receiving appro- ____________________________________________________ 30 priate notice, to comply with summonses, subpoenas or warrants relating ________________________________________________________________________ 31 to paternity and child support proceedings as set forth in sections four __________________________________________ 32 hundred fifty-eight-a [and], four hundred fifty-eight-b, four hundred _ ________________ 33 fifty-eight-c, five hundred forty-eight-a, five hundred forty-eight-b, ________________________________________________________________________ 34 and five forty-eight-c of this act. Such jurisdiction shall include ______________________ 35 jurisdiction over all boards, departments, authorities or offices of the 36 state for the purposes of implementing such section. 37  109. Subdivision (b) of section 426 of the family court act, as 38 amended by chapter 892 of the laws of 1986, is amended to read as 39 follows: 40 (b) The summons shall contain or have attached thereto a notice stat- 41 ing: (i) that a respondent's failure to appear shall result in entry of 42 an order of default; (ii) that the respondent must provide the court 43 with proof of his or her income and assets; [and] (iii) that a temporary ______ 44 or permanent order of support will be made on the return date of the 45 summons; and (iv) that a respondent's failure to appear may result in _________________________________________________________________ 46 the suspension of his or her driving privileges; state professional, ________________________________________________________________________ 47 occupational and business licenses; and recreational licenses and ________________________________________________________________________ 48 permits. _______ 49  110. Subdivisions (b) and (c) of section 458-a of the family court 50 act are relettered subdivisions (c) and (d) and subdivision (c), as 51 added by chapter 81 of the laws of 1995, is amended and a new subdivi- 52 sion (b) is added to read as follows: 53 (b) If the respondent, after receiving appropriate notice, fails to ______________________________________________________________________ 54 comply with a summons, subpoena or warrant relating to a paternity or ________________________________________________________________________ 55 child support proceeding, the court may order the department of motor ________________________________________________________________________ 56 vehicles to suspend the respondent's driving privileges. The court may ________________________________________________________________________ S. 5771 83 1 subsequently order the department of motor vehicles to terminate the ________________________________________________________________________ 2 suspension of the respondent's driving privileges; however, the court ________________________________________________________________________ 3 shall order the termination of such suspension when the court is satis- ________________________________________________________________________ 4 fied that the respondent has fully complied with the requirements of all ________________________________________________________________________ 5 summonses, subpoenas and warrants relating to a paternity or child ________________________________________________________________________ 6 support proceeding. Nothing in this subdivision shall authorize the ________________________________________________________________________ 7 court to terminate the respondent's suspension of driving privileges ________________________________________________________________________ 8 except as provided in this subdivision. _______________________________________ 9 (c) [This] The provisions of subdivision (a) of this section shall not _________________________________________ 10 apply to: 11 (i) respondents who are receiving public assistance or supplemental 12 security income; or 13 (ii) respondents whose income as defined by subparagraph five of 14 paragraph (b) of subdivision one of section four hundred thirteen of 15 this act falls below the self-support reserve as defined by subparagraph 16 six of paragraph (b) of subdivision one of section four hundred thirteen 17 of this act; or 18 (iii) respondents whose income as defined by subparagraph five of 19 paragraph (b) of subdivision one of section four hundred thirteen of 20 this act remaining after the payment of the current support obligation 21 would fall below the self-support reserve as defined by subparagraph six 22 of paragraph (b) of subdivision one of section four hundred thirteen of 23 this act. 24  111. The section heading of section 458-b of the family court act, 25 as added by chapter 81 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as 26 follows: 27 [Enforcement] Child support proceedings and enforcement of arrears; ___________________________________________ 28 suspension of state professional, occupational and business licenses. ______________ 29  112. Subdivisions (b), (c) and (d) of section 458-b of the family 30 court act are relettered subdivisions (c), (d) and (e), subdivisions (c) 31 and (d) as added by chapter 81 of the laws of 1995, and as relettered 32 are amended and a new subdivision (b) is added to read as follows: 33 (b) If the respondent after receiving appropriate notice, fails to ______________________________________________________________________ 34 comply with a summons, subpoena or warrant relating to a paternity or ________________________________________________________________________ 35 child support proceeding, and the court has determined that the respond- ________________________________________________________________________ 36 ent is licensed, permitted or registered by or with a board, department, ________________________________________________________________________ 37 authority or office of this state or one of its political subdivisions ________________________________________________________________________ 38 or instrumentalities to conduct a trade, business, profession or occupa- ________________________________________________________________________ 39 tion, the court may order such board, department, authority or office to ________________________________________________________________________ 40 commence proceedings as required by law regarding the suspension of such ________________________________________________________________________ 41 license, permit, registration or authority to practice and to inform the ________________________________________________________________________ 42 court of the actions it has taken pursuant to such proceeding. The ________________________________________________________________________ 43 court may subsequently order such board, department, authority or office ________________________________________________________________________ 44 to terminate the suspension of the respondent's license, permit, regis- ________________________________________________________________________ 45 tration or authority to practice; however, the court shall order the ________________________________________________________________________ 46 termination of such suspension when the court is satisfied that the ________________________________________________________________________ 47 respondent has fully complied with the requirements of all summonses, ________________________________________________________________________ 48 subpoenas and warrants relating to a paternity or child support proceed- ________________________________________________________________________ 49 ing. ____ 50 (c) If the court determines that the suspension of the license, permit 51 or registration of the respondent would create an extreme hardship to 52 either the licensee, permittee or registrant or to persons whom [they 53 serve] he or she serves, the court may, in lieu of suspension, suspend ________________ 54 the order described in subdivision (a) of this section to the licensing 55 entity for a period not to exceed one year. If on or before the expira- 56 tion of this period the court has not received competent proof presented S. 5771 84 1 at hearing that the respondent is in full compliance with his or her 2 support obligation and has fully complied with all summons, subpoenas ___________________________________________________ 3 and warrants relating to a paternity or child support proceeding, the __________________________________________________________________ 4 court shall cause the suspension of the order to be removed and shall 5 further cause such order to be served upon the licensing entity. 6 (d) [This] The provisions of subdivision (a) of this section shall not _________________________________________ 7 apply to: 8 (i) respondents who are receiving public assistance or supplemental 9 security income; or 10 (ii) respondents whose income as defined by subparagraph five of 11 paragraph (b) of subdivision one of section four hundred thirteen of 12 this act falls below the self-support reserve as defined by subparagraph 13 six of paragraph (b) of subdivision one of section four hundred thirteen 14 of this act; or 15 (iii) respondents whose income as defined by subparagraph five of 16 paragraph (b) of subdivision one of section four hundred thirteen of 17 this act remaining after the payment of the current support obligation 18 would fall below the self-support reserve as defined by subparagraph six 19 of paragraph (b) of subdivision one of section four hundred thirteen of 20 this act. 21  113. Subdivision (b) of section 524 of the family court act, as 22 added by chapter 59 of the laws of 1993, is amended to read as follows: 23 (b) The summons shall contain or have attached thereto a notice stat- 24 ing: (i) that the respondent's failure to appear shall result in the _____ 25 default entry of an order of filiation by the court upon proof of 26 respondent's actual notice of the commencement of the proceeding; and ______ 27 (ii) that a respondent's failure to appear may result in the suspension ________________________________________________________________________ 28 of his or her driving privileges; state professional, occupational and ________________________________________________________________________ 29 business licenses; and sporting licenses and permits. ____________________________________________________ 30  114. The family court act is amended by adding a new section 548-a 31 to read as follows: 32  548-a. Paternity or child support proceedings; suspension of driv- ______________________________________________________________________ 33 ing privileges. (a) If the respondent, after receiving appropriate ________________________________________________________________________ 34 notice, fails to comply with a summons, subpoena or warrant relating to ________________________________________________________________________ 35 a paternity or child support proceeding, the court may order the depart- ________________________________________________________________________ 36 ment of motor vehicles to suspend the respondent's driving privileges. ______________________________________________________________________ 37 (b) The court may subsequently order the department of motor vehicles ______________________________________________________________________ 38 to terminate the suspension of the respondent's driving privileges; _____________________________________________________