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G. Place liens and order execution on the obligor's
property;

 
H. Order an obligor to keep the tribunal informed of the
obligor's current residential address, telephone number,
employer, address of employment and telephone number at the
place of employment;

 
I. Issue a capias for an obligor who has failed after
proper notice to appear at a hearing ordered by the tribunal
and enter the capias in any local and state computer systems
for criminal warrants;

 
J. Order the obligor to seek appropriate employment by
specified methods;

 
K. Award reasonable attorney's fees and other fees and
costs; or

 
L. Grant any other available remedy.

 
Sec. 16. 19-A MRSA §3005, sub-§6 is enacted to read:

 
6.__Convert foreign currency amount to dollar amount.__If
requested to enforce a support order, arrears or judgment or
modify a support order stated in a foreign currency, a responding
tribunal of this State 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.

 
Sec. 17. 19-A MRSA §3007, sub-§2, ¶¶D and E, as enacted by PL 1995, c.
694, Pt. B, §2 and affected by Pt. E, §2, are amended to read:

 
D. Within 2 days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays and legal
holidays, after receipt of a written notice in a record from
an initiating, responding or registering tribunal, send a
copy of the notice by first class mail to the petitioner;

 
E. Within 2 days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays and legal
holidays, after receipt of a written communication in a
record from the respondent or the respondent's attorney,
send a copy of the communication by first class mail to the
petitioner; and

 
Sec. 18. 19-A MRSA §3007, sub-§§2-A to 2-C are enacted to read:

 
2-A.__Registration; reasonable efforts.__If the department
requests registration of a child support order in this State for


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