The U.S. Department of State, Office of the Legal Advisor, has published an amended list of nine countries which the U.S. has declared to be reciprocating nations in the enforcement of family support (maintenance) obligations on behalf of U.S. residents. See 2002 Int'l Law Update 14. The currently

listed countries are Australia, the Canadian Provinces [of British Columbia, Manitoba, Newfoundland/Labrador, Nova Scotia, and Ontario], the Czech Republic, Ireland, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, and the Slovak Republic. U.S. agencies taking part in the program of Title IV-D of the Social Security Act must also provide enforcement to those countries' awards as if the request came from a U.S. state. The law also allows individual U.S. states to set up or continue reciprocating family or child support arrangements with foreign countries where there has been no federal declaration. Citation: 67 Federal Register 71605 (December 2, 2002). [For further detailed information, e-mail your request to ocseinternational@acf.hhs.gov].