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433 Require the DESIGNEE to perform the following functions. (1) To refer all absent parents cases needing legal advisement to the appropriate courts or law enforcement officials immediately whenever: (a) The absent parent refuses to be interviewed, to provide necessary information, or to discuss his parental responsibilities; (b) The absent parent refuses to make a contribution in accordance with his financial ability; (c) There is reason to believe that the absent parent may flee or hide if contacted by the DESIGNEE; (d) The absent parent's previous history indicates that, although he is capable of a support contribution, efforts by the DESIGNEE to obtain support would be fruitless; (e) Legal action is necessary to establish paternity; (f) The'absent parent has entered into an agreement with the DESIGNEE for support of his child and has defaulted upon that agreement without showing good cause for such default; (g) Assistance is needed from a law enforcement agency to locate the absent parent; (2) To provide law enforcement officials with pertinent information needed in iocating putative or absent parents, establishing paternity or securing Support from these same absent parents; (3) To assist courts and law enforcement officials in carrying out efforts to establish paternity and secure support for children born out of wedlock, and to secure support for children deserted or abandoned by their parents; (4) To use reciprocal arrangements with other states to obtain or enforce court orders for support, and to cooperate with LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY(IES) with regard to reciprocal actions. (5) To cooperate with the Child Support Enforcement agencies in other states in locating the absent parents of children for whom support is being sought, and in attempting to secure parental compliance with court orders for support when such parents are residing.in the DESIGNEE'S own county; (6) To assist other states with: (a) Locating absent parents, establishing~paternity, or securing support for children believed to be located in the other states; (b) Enforcing of all court orders or obligations referred by another state pursuant to the Uniform Reciprocal Enforce- ment of Support Act; (c) Collecting any support payments from the absent parent and transmitting them to the state or person(s) in the state to which they are owed; (d) Providing sufficient information for action on child support related cases; (7) To refer to the DEPARTMENT cases which require locational activities in other states and to provide sufficient information to the DEPARTMENT which may assist the other state(s) in locating and identifying an absent parent; (8) To take action to establish, by legal process, paternity or a support obligation, where necessary, in accordance with Article 9 of Chapter 110; (9) To maintain a system for identifying those cases in which there has been failure to comply with support obligations and to notify the delinquent individual(s) in order to enforce the obligations for purposes of collecting the current support obligations ~and any arrears. Such attempts to collect support must include the institution of the following procedures as applicable, appropriate,.and necessary : (a) Contempt proceedings to enforce court order; (b) Garnishment of obligor's wages; (c) Attachment of real or personal property; (d) Application for collection of the delinquent child support obligation by the United States SeCretary of the Treasury by authority of 42 U.S.C. 652;