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Gary Gottfried said...

INTERNATIONAL COLLECTION OF CHILD SUPPORT
I am reprinting below some information which I came across this afternoon regarding the collection of child support pursuant to UIFSA from certain foreign countries. I have cut and pasted some information into one document. Paragraph 1 ( my numbering system) is a list of foreign countries which have signed a reciprocal agreement for the collection of child support. Paragraph 2 is the US State Department web site address regarding the collection of child support. Paragraph 3 is a letter from the Margot Bean the Commissioner on the Office of Child Support Enforcement which provides a brief explanation of on the Federal level of the international reciprocity agreements on child support

1. The following countries were declared by the U.S. government as foreign reciprocating countries for child support purposes. Please click on a particular country to access the official reference documents.
• Australia
• Canada
o Alberta
o British Columbia
o Manitoba
o New Brunswick
o Newfoundland/ Labrador
o Northwest Territories
o Nova Scotia
o Nunavut
o Ontario
o Saskatchewan
o Yukon
Czech Republic
• El Salvador
• Finland
• Hungary
• Ireland
• Israel
• Netherlands
• Norway
• Poland
• Portugal
• Slovak Republic
• Switzerland
• The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2. http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/css/resource/foreign-reciprocating-countries

3. Dear Colleague:
I am pleased to announce two new Federal level international reciprocity agreements on child support. Finland and the United Kingdom have each been declared a “foreign reciprocating country” or FRC for child support enforcement purposes by the United States pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 659A authority.
State IV-D agencies should now provide these FRCs the same services provided pursuant to other intergovernmental and interstate requests. Outgoing requests for services should be sent to the FRCs’ respective Central Authorities. A list of contact information (address, phone, and fax) for these jurisdictions is attached and will also be made available in the address feature of the online Intergovernmental Referral Guide (IRG), where any future changes in contact information will be reflected.
OCSE’s international child support resources can be accessed through the “OCSE International Resources” web link page [http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/css/programs/international]. Also, the Department of State, in collaboration with OCSE, provides general information on international child support enforcement on its website. Additional guidance on these FRCs will be forthcoming after collaborative discussions on forms, policy, and procedural matters have been concluded.
The Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State, plans to publish a public notice updating the list of foreign reciprocating countries to include Finland and the United Kingdom. OCSE will disseminate the Federal Register notice as soon as it is published. Please note that the text of the agreement (Finland) and declaration (UK) are on the “OCSE International Resources” web link page.
For further information about any reciprocity declaration or other international child support enforcement matters, please contact the U.S. Central Authority for International Child Support, Office of Child Support Enforcement, 370 L’Enfant Promenade, SW, Washington, DC 20447. Policy questions should be directed to the Division of Policy at (202) 401-9386. Case-specific questions should be directed to the Division of Consumer Services at (202) 401-9373, fax: (202) 205-5927, email: ocseinternational@acf.hhs.gov.
Sincerely,

December 11, 2012 at 2:10 PM