This chart lists all the alternative types of action that are possible for intergovernmental cases that need Modification and Enforcement. To use it, find the alternative or alternatives that apply to the particular case you are dealing with. You will then see the corresponding documents required by law or regulation for that alternative, and where to send them.
Standard intergovernmental forms are listed in bold type; other documents are listed in plain type.
Modification and Enforcement
For cases in which the order entitled to be the controlling order was issued by your state and your state has CEJ, look in the separate sections for “Enforcement” and “Modification” to find the alternatives that apply for each of those categories.
| To do this: | You need these forms and/or documents: | And (if it is a IV-D case) you send them to: |
|---|---|---|
| Ask the obligor’s state to modify and enforce its own order. |
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The ICR in the obligor’s state. |
| Register an order for modification and enforcement in the obligor’s state. |
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The ICR in the obligor’s state. |
| Establish a new order in your state using long-arm jurisdiction when there are existing multiple order, but no order is controlling and no state has CEJ. |
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The local tribunal in your state. |
| Establish a new order in the obligor’s state using the two-state process when there are existing multiple orders, but no order is controlling and no state has CEJ. |
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The ICR in the obligor’s state. |
Note: If the case has multiple orders for current support now in effect, you must also provide (or make sure that the state where the action will be carried out has):
- One certified copy of each order for current support that is now in effect.
- A payment record and/or affidavit of arrears for each of the orders.
The material in this document is taken from Interstate Actions Made Easy: A Quick‐Reference Guide to Enforcing Child Support Across State Lines (publication #4627A), a document prepared by the Training Staff of the New York State Division of Child Support Enforcement contracted through the Professional Development Program at Rockefeller College (NYS DCSE/PDP). This document is slightly modified from New York’s original training document by Oklahoma Child Support Services (CSS) for child support training within Oklahoma.