March 11, 1997

DCL 97-14

Dear Colleague:

The Federal Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) invites you or your staff to attend a working meeting to address newly-emerging interstate issues. The working meeting will seek resolution by consensus to issues that arise when a State Child Support Enforcement (CSE) agency works aspects of its cases in another state without first registering or domesticating the case in the other state, or in some instances without prior notification to the CSE agency in the other State. We hope that this " ;One-state Interstate" working meeting, modeled after the fruitful UIFSA retreats, will yield workable solutions, approaches and protocol for the handling of these cases.

The working meeting is scheduled from Monday, April 14 through Wednesday, April 16, at the Biltmore Hotel in Providence, Rhode Island. OCSE will pay the room charges for one representative from each State. Other expenses such as travel, incidental costs and per diem, will be borne by the sending agency.

After an opening plenary background discussion, we will have a panel of academicians discuss constitutional concerns and parameters. We will then breakout into smaller groups to work on the following four topics: 1) interstate liens; 2) direct withholding; 3) quick administrative enforcement; and 4) interstate administrative subpoenas and service of process in long-arm cases. The groups will report out to all the attendees, who will have a chance to comment on the groups' conclusions. A document that incorporates any consensus reached or best practice suggested will be available after the meeting.

For more information regarding the logistics for this working meeting, registering for the working meeting, and reserving a hotel room, please call Verdell Fields at (202) 401-4797, or fax her at (202) 401-5559.

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For more information regarding the agenda, please call Chuck Kenher at (617) 565-2477 or Carol Monteiro at (617) 565-2471 from the ACF Region I office, or Jeff Ball at (202) 401-5427 from the OCSE Central Office.

This is a unique opportunity to address issues that deserve in-depth discussion. We hope you or a representative from your State will attend. I remain

Respectfully yours,

David Gray Ross

Deputy Director

Office of Child Support Enforcement

cc: ACF Regional Hub Directors and Regional Administrators

ACF CSE Regional Program Managers

OCSE Executive Staff

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