§ 424. Probation services. 1. A local probation service may provide
services to a party seeking to establish, modify or enforce a support
obligation where there is a contract with the appropriate social
services district for the performance of support collection services
under section one hundred eleven-h of the social services law.

2. A local probation service may provide services to persons ordered
to pay support seeking to modify such orders.

3. The probation service may not prevent any person who wishes to file
a petition under this article from having access to the court for that
purpose nor may the probation service compel any person to appear at any
conference, produce any papers or visit any place.