Section 546-B:12 Proceedings Under This Chapter.
I. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, this article applies to all proceedings under this chapter.
II. This chapter provides for the following proceedings:
(a) Establishment of an order for spousal support or child support pursuant to Article 4, RSA 546-B:31;
(b) Enforcement of a support order and income-withholding order of another state without registration pursuant to Article 5, RSA 546-B:32-33;
(c) Registration of an order for spousal support or child support of another state for enforcement pursuant to Article 6, RSA 546-B:39-46;
(d) Modification of an order for child support or spousal support issued by a tribunal of this state pursuant to Article 2, Part B, RSA 546-B:5-8;
(e) Registration of an order for child support of another state for modification pursuant to Article 6, RSA 546-B:47-52;
(f) Determination of parentage pursuant to Article 7, RSA 546-B:53; and
(g) Assertion of jurisdiction over nonresidents pursuant to Article 2, Part A, RSA 546-B:3-4.
III. An individual petitioner or a support enforcement agency may commence a proceeding authorized under this chapter by filing a petition in an initiating tribunal for forwarding to a responding tribunal or by filing a petition or a comparable pleading directly in a tribunal of another state which has or can obtain personal jurisdiction over the respondent.
Source. 1997, 263:32. 2006, 77:1, 2, eff. July 1, 2006.