Opn. No.

Requestor: Todd Becraft, Assistant County Attorney Orange County Department of Law Orange County Government Center Goshen, New York 10924

Written by: Siobhan Shanks, Assistant Attorney General

You have asked whether the county attorney, designated as the petitioner's representative under the Uniform Support of Dependents Act (Domestic Relations Law, §§ 30-43), is permitted or required to represent individual petitioners who appear in proceedings pursuant to the Act. It is our opinion that the county attorney is required to represent such individuals.

The Act establishes procedures for interstate…