§ 111-P — Authority to issue subpoenas

§ 111-p. Authority to issue subpoenas. The department or the child\nsupport enforcement unit coordinator or support collection unit\nsupervisor of a social services district, or his or her designee, or\nanother state's child support enforcement agency governed by title IV-D\nof the social security act, shall be authorized, whether or not a\nproceeding is currently pending, to subpoena from any person, public or\nprivate entity or governmental agency, and such person, entity or agency\nshall provide any financial or other information needed to establish\npaternity and to establish, modify or enforce any support order. If a\nsubpoena is served when a petition is not currently pending, the supreme\ncourt or a judge of the family court may hear and decide all motions\nrelating to the subpoena. If the subpoena is served after a petition has\nbeen served, the court in which the petition is returnable shall hear\nand decide all motions relating to the subpoena. Any such person,\nentity, or agency shall provide the subpoenaed information by the date\nas specified in the subpoena. Such subpoena shall be subject to the\nprovisions of article twenty-three of the civil practice law and rules.\nThe department or district may impose a penalty for failure to respond\nto such information subpoenas pursuant to section twenty-three hundred\neight of the civil practice law and rules.\n