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      Sec. 46b-212q. Duties and powers of responding tribunal. Duties of family support magistrate. (a) When the Family Support Magistrate Division receives a petition or comparable pleading from an initiating tribunal or directly pursuant to subsection (b) of section 46b-212m, the Family Support Magistrate Division, or Support Enforcement Services acting on its behalf shall promptly cause the petition or pleading to be filed and notify the petitioner where and when it was filed.

      (b) In matters arising under this section, family support magistrates shall have the same powers and authority as provided by law for IV-D support cases.

      (c) The family support magistrate shall include in a support order issued under sections 46b-212 to 46b-213w, inclusive, or in the documents accompanying the order, the calculations on which the support order is based.

      (d) The family support magistrate may not condition the payment of a support order issued under sections 46b-212 to 46b-213w, inclusive, upon compliance by a party with provisions for visitation.

      (e) If the Family Support Magistrate Division issues an order under sections 46b-212 to 46b-213w, inclusive, the Family Support Magistrate Division, or Support Enforcement Services acting on its behalf, shall send a copy of the order to the petitioner and the respondent and to the initiating tribunal, if any.

      (f) If requested to enforce a support order, arrears, or judgment or modify a support order stated in a foreign currency, the Family Support Magistrate Division, or Support Enforcement Services acting on its behalf, shall convert the amount stated in the foreign currency to the equivalent amount in dollars under the applicable official or market exchange rate as publicly reported.

      (June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-1, S. 18, 75; P.A. 01-91, S. 10; P.A. 07-247, S. 29.)

      History: June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-1 effective January 1, 1998; P.A. 01-91 changed "the Support Enforcement Division" to "Support Enforcement Services" in Subsecs. (a) and (d); P.A. 07-247 amended Subsec. (a) by changing "subsection (c)" to "subsection (b)" and deleting "by first class mail", added new Subsec. (c) requiring family support magistrate to include in documents accompanying a support order the calculations on which order is based, redesignated existing Subsecs. (c) and (d) as Subsecs. (d) and (e), amended same by replacing references to Sec. 46b-213v with references to Sec. 46b-213w, amended redesignated Subsec. (e) by deleting "by first class mail" and added Subsec. (f) re conversion of amount of support order stated in a foreign currency to equivalent amount in dollars, effective January 1, 2008.