The CSE Transmittal #3-Request for Assistance/Discovery is designed for use when the requesting jurisdiction is working its case locally (e.g., by long-arm jurisdiction) and needs limited assistance from another jurisdiction, but does not want the other jurisdiction to open a IV-D case. Sections 316 and 318 of the model version of UIFSA contain specific provisions that allow a tribunal to receive evidence from another State and to obtain discovery through a tribunal of another State.The form may be sent electronically using the appropriate CSENet transaction. When a jurisdiction receives a CSE Transmittal #3-Request for Assistance/Discovery from another jurisdiction, it should not open a IV-D case; it should only provide the limited assistance requested. By contrast, the CSE Transmittal # 1-Initial Request is designed for use when the initiating State is requesting the responding State to open a IV-D case.
