In order to render the services authorized under this chapter, the following shall be deemed as a request for services:(1) A Title IV-D request for services, as promulgated by the Administrator. Beneficiaries of the Temporary Assistance Program of the Department of the Family that no longer receive such services shall not have to submit a request to continue receiving such Title IV-D services. When legal counseling services are needed, the Administrator shall designate legal counsel in behalf of the child.(2) On initiating the petition for remedies or on handling the petition before the administrative or judicial forum, it shall be understood that the forum in which it is first filed shall have exclusive jurisdiction to issue a child support order. However, even when the support order is issued in another judicial forum, or in another state, the Administrator shall have jurisdiction to dispose administratively over:(a) Initiating income withholding.(b) Changing the recipient of the payment.(c) Ordering health insurance coverage.(d) Ordering payments on debts other than the current child support.(e) Modifying or reviewing the current child support pursuant to the Mandatory f the payment.(c) Ordering health insurance coverage.(d) Ordering payments on debts other than the current child support.(e) Modifying or reviewing the current child support pursuant to the Mandatory Guidelines to Fix and Modify Child Support.(f) Enforcing compliance with the support order, except for the imposition of admonishments of contempt.(g) Any other procedure after the establishment of the support order. History —Dec. 30, 1986, No. 5, p. 887, art. IV, § 8; Aug. 17, 1994, No. 86, § 16; Dec. 18, 1997, No. 169, § 8; Aug. 1, 2003, No. 178, § 9.
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