How do I collect if the payor parent lives in a different state?
All states have passed the Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act (“URESA”) or a comparable statute (Connecticut, effective January 1, 1998, has adopted the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act [“UIFSA”], a similar statute with greater protections more simplified procedures) providing for interstate collection of child support. This Act sets up the method for enforcement of support orders where the parties live in different states. Essentially, the party seeking enforcement files a petition in his or her home state. That petition is transmitted to the payor parent’s home state and he or she is brought into the court of that state. Usually the custodial parent in a URESA/UIFSA proceeding is represented by an attorney who works for a government agency in the payor parent’s home state. If you wish to file a URESA/UIFSA petition, you should be able to obtain the assistance you need to file the petition and get an attorney appointed to represent you in the other parent’s state by co
