[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 45, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 45CFR303.7]

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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE
 
    CHAPTER III--OFFICE OF CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT (CHILD SUPPORT 
 
PART 303_STANDARDS FOR PROGRAM OPERATIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 303.7  Provision of services in interstate IV-D cases.

    (a) Interstate central registry. (1) The State IV-D agency must 
establish an interstate central registry responsible for receiving, 
distributing and responding to inquiries on all incoming interstate IV-D 
cases.
    (2) Within 10 working days of receipt of an interstate IV-D case 
from an initiating State, the central registry must:
    (i) Ensure that the documentation submitted with the case has been 
reviewed to determine completeness;
    (ii) Forward the case for necessary action either to the State PLS 
for location services or to the appropriate agency for processing;
    (iii) Acknowledge receipt of the case and ensure that any missing 
documentation has been requested from the initiating State; and
    (iv) Inform the IV-D agency in the initiating State where the case 
was sent for action.
    (3) If the documentation received with a case is inadequate and 
cannot be remedied by the central registry without the assistance of the 
initiating State, the central registry must forward the case for any 
action which can be taken pending necessary action by the initiating 
State.
    (4) The central registry must respond to inquiries from other States 
within 5 working days of receipt of the request for a case status 
review.
    (b) Initiating State IV-D agency responsibilities. The IV-D agency 
must:
    (1) Use its long arm statute to establish paternity, when 
appropriate.
    (2) Except as provided in paragraph (b)(1) of this section, within 
20 calendar days of determining that the noncustodial parent is in 
another State, and, if appropriate, receipt of any necessary information 
needed to process the case, refer any interstate IV-D case to the 
responding State's interstate central registry for action, including 
requests for location, document verification, administrative reviews in 
Federal income tax refund offset cases, income withholding, and State 
income tax refund offset in IV-D cases.
    (3) Provide the IV-D agency in the responding State sufficient, 
accurate information to act on the case by submitting with each case any 
necessary documentation and Federally-approved interstate forms. The 
State may use computer-generated replicas in the same format and 
containing the same information in place of the Federal forms.
    (4) Provide the IV-D agency or central registry in the responding 
State with any requested additional information or notify the responding 
State when the information will be provided within 30 calendar days of 
receipt of the request for information by submitting an updated form, or 
a computer-generated replica in the same format and containing the same 
information, and any necessary additional documentation.
    (5) Notify the IV-D agency in the responding State within 10 working 
days of receipt of new information on a case by submitting an updated 
form and any necessary additional documentation.
    (6) Send a request for review of a child support order to another 
State within 20 calendar days of determining that a request for review 
of the order should be sent to the other State and of receipt of 
information from the requestor necessary to conduct the review in 
accordance with Sec. 303.8 of this part.
    (c) Responding State IV-D agency responsibilities. (1) The IV-D 
agency must establish and use procedures for managing its interstate IV-
D caseload which ensure provision of necessary services and include 
maintenance of case records in accordance with Sec. 303.2 of this part.
    (2) The IV-D agency must periodically review program performance on 
interstate IV-D cases to evaluate the effectiveness of the procedures 
established under this section.
    (3) The State must ensure that the organizational structure and 
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the IV-D agency are adequate to provide for the administration or 
supervision of the following support enforcement functions specified in 
Sec. 303.20(c) of this part for its interstate IV-D caseload: Intake; 
establishment of paternity and the legal obligation to support; 
location; financial assessment; establishment of the amount of child 
support; collection; monitoring; enforcement and investigation.
    (4) Within 75 calendar days of receipt of an Interstate Child 
Support Enforcement Transmittal Form, and documentation from its 
interstate central registry, the IV-D agency must:
    (i) Provide location services in accordance with Sec. 303.3 of this 
part if the request is for location services or the form or 
documentation does not include adequate location information on the 
noncustodial parent;
    (ii) If unable to proceed with the case because of inadequate 
documentation, notify the IV-D agency in the initiating State of the 
necessary additions or corrections to the form or documentation.
    (iii) If the documentation received with a case is inadequate and 
cannot be remedied by the responding IV-D agency without the assistance 
of the initiating State, the IV-D agency must process the interstate IV-
D case to the extent possible pending necessary action by the initiating 
State.
    (5) Within 10 working days of locating the noncustodial parent in a 
different jurisdiction within the State, the IV-D agency must forward 
the form and documentation to the appropriate jurisdiction and notify 
the initiating State and central registry of its action.
    (6) Within 10 working days of locating the noncustodial parent in a 
different State, the IV-D agency must--
    (i) Return the form and documentation, including the new location, 
to the initiating State, or, if directed by the initiating State, 
forward the form and documentation to the central registry in the State 
where the noncustodial parent has been located; and
    (ii) Notify the central registry where the case has been sent.
    (7) The IV-D agency must provide any necessary services as it would 
in intrastate IV-D cases by:
    (i) Establishing paternity in accordance with Sec. 303.5 of this 
part and attempting to obtain a judgment for costs should paternity be 
established;
    (ii) Establishing a child support obligation in accordance with 
Sec. Sec. 303.4, 303.31 and 303.101 of this part;
    (iii) Processing and enforcing orders referred by another State, 
whether pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act or other 
legal processes, using appropriate remedies applied in its own cases in 
accordance with Sec. Sec. 303.6, 303.31, 303.100 through 303.102, and 
303.104 of this part; and
    (iv) Collecting and monitoring any support payments from the 
noncustodial parent and forwarding payments to the location specified by 
the IV-D agency in the initiating State. The IV-D agency must include 
sufficient information to identify the case, indicate the date of 
collection as defined under Sec. 302.51(a) of this chapter, and include 
the responding State's identifying code as defined in the Federal 
Information Processing Standards Publication (FIPS) issued by the 
National Bureau of Standards or the Worldwide Geographic Location Codes 
issued by the General Services Administration.
    (v) Reviewing and adjusting child support orders upon request in 
accordance with Sec. 303.8 of this part.
    (8) The IV-D agency must provide timely notice to the IV-D agency in 
the initiating State in advance of any formal hearings which may result 
in establishment or adjustment of an order.
    (9) The IV-D agency must notify the IV-D agency in the initiating 
State within 10 working days of receipt of new information on a case by 
submitting an updated form or a computer-generated replica in the same 
format and containing the same information.
    (10) The IV-D agency must notify the interstate central registry in 
the responding State when a case is closed.
    (d) Payment and recovery of costs in interstate IV-D cases. (1) 
Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (4), the IV-D agency in the 
responding State must pay the costs it incurs in processing interstate 
IV-D cases.
    (2) The IV-D agency in the initiating State must pay for the costs 
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testing in actions to establish paternity.
    (3) If paternity is established in the responding State, the IV-D 
agency must attempt to obtain a judgment for the costs of genetic 
testing ordered by the IV-D agency from the alleged father who denied 
paternity. If the costs of initial or additional genetic testing are 
recovered, the responding State must reimburse the initiating State.
    (4) Each IV-D agency may recover its costs of providing services in 
interstate non-IV-A cases in accordance with Sec. 302.33(d) of this 
chapter.
    (5) The IV-D agency in the responding State must identify any fees 
or costs deducted from support payments when forwarding payments to the 
IV-D agency in the initiating State in accordance with Sec. 
303.7(c)(7)(iv) of this section.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 
0970-0085)

[53 FR 5257, Feb. 22, 1988, as amended at 53 FR 18987, May 26, 1988; 53 
FR 21645, June 9, 1988; 53 FR 27518, July 21, 1988; 54 FR 32311, Aug. 4, 
1989; 55 FR 25840, June 25, 1990; 56 FR 22355, May 15, 1991; 57 FR 
30681, July 10, 1992; 57 FR 61581, Dec. 28, 1992; 64 FR 6250, Feb. 9, 
1999; 68 FR 25303, May 12, 2003]