Section 111-P. Authority to issue subpoenas  


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  • The department or the child
      support  enforcement  unit  coordinator  or  support   collection   unit
      supervisor  of  a  social  services district, or his or her designee, or
      another state's child support enforcement agency governed by title  IV-D
      of  the  social  security  act,  shall  be  authorized, whether or not a
      proceeding is currently pending, to subpoena from any person, public  or
      private entity or governmental agency, and such person, entity or agency
      shall  provide  any  financial  or other information needed to establish
      paternity and to establish, modify or enforce any support order.   If  a
      subpoena is served when a petition is not currently pending, the supreme
      court  or  a  judge  of the family court may hear and decide all motions
      relating to the subpoena. If the subpoena is served after a petition has
      been served, the court in which the petition is  returnable  shall  hear
      and  decide  all  motions  relating  to the subpoena.   Any such person,
      entity, or agency shall provide the subpoenaed information by  the  date
      as  specified  in  the subpoena.   Such subpoena shall be subject to the
      provisions of article twenty-three of the civil practice law and  rules.
      The  department  or district may impose a penalty for failure to respond
      to such information subpoenas pursuant to section  twenty-three  hundred
      eight of the civil practice law and rules.