1.__Forward petition and accompanying documents.__Upon the filing of a petition authorized by this chapter, an initiating tribunal of this State shall forward the petition and its accompanying documents:

A.__To the responding tribunal or appropriate support enforcement agency in the responding state; or

B.__If the identity of the responding tribunal is unknown, to the state information agency of the responding state with a request that they be forwarded to the appropriate tribunal and that receipt be acknowledged.

2.__Issue certificate or document; make findings; specify amount.__If requested by the responding tribunal, a tribunal of this State shall issue a certificate or other document and make findings required by the law of the responding state. If the responding state is a foreign country or political subdivision, upon request the tribunal shall specify the amount of support sought, convert that amount into the equivalent amount in the foreign currency under the applicable official or market exchange rate as publicly reported and provide any other documents necessary to satisfy the requirements of the responding state.

Sec. 15. 19-A MRSA §3005, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 694, Pt. B, §2 and affected by Pt. E, §2, is amended to read:

2. Powers of responding tribunal. A responding tribunal of this State, to the extent otherwise authorized not prohibited by other law, may:

A. Issue or enforce a support order, modify a child support order, determine the controlling child support order or render a judgment to determine parentage;

B. Order an obligor to comply with a support order, specifying the amount and the manner of compliance;

C. Order income withholding;

D. Determine the amount of any arrearages and specify a method of payment;

E. Enforce orders by civil or criminal contempt, or both;

F. Set aside property for satisfaction of the support order;