Sec. 20. 19-A MRSA §3010, sub-§1, ¶B, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 694, Pt. B, §2 and affected by Pt. E, §2, is amended to read:

B. Maintain a register of the lists of names and addresses of tribunals and support enforcement agencies received from other states;

Uniform Comment

(This is Section 310 of the Uniform Act.)

Subsection (a) identifies the central information agency. Subsection (b) details the duties of that agency insofar as interstate proceedings are concerned. Subsection (b)(4) does not provide independent access to the information sources or to the governmental documents listed. Because States have different requirements and limitations concerning such access based on differing views of the privacy interests of individual citizens, the agency is directed to use all lawful means under the relevant state law to obtain and disseminate information.

Sec. 21. 19-A MRSA §3011, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 694, Pt. B, §2 and affected by Pt. E, §2, is amended to read:

1. Petition; contents. A In a proceeding under this chapter, a petitioner seeking to establish or modify a support order or, to determine parentage in a proceeding under this chapter or to register and modify a support order of another state must verify the file a petition. Unless otherwise ordered under section 3012, the petition or accompanying documents must provide, so far as known, the names, residential addresses and social security numbers of the obligor and the obligee or the parent and alleged parent, and the name, sex, residential address, social security number and date of birth of each child for whom whose benefit support is sought or whose parentage is to be determined. The Unless filed at the time of registration, the petition must be accompanied by a certified copy of any support order in effect known to have been issued by another tribunal. The petition may include any other information that may assist in locating or identifying the respondent.