Section 25-9B-301 - Proceedings under this chapter.
25-9B-301. Proceedings under this chapter. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, §§ 25-9B-301 to 25-9B-319, inclusive, apply to all proceedings under this chapter.
(b) This chapter provides for the following proceedings:
(1) Establishment of an order for support;
(2) Enforcement of a support order and income-withholding order of another state without registration;
(3) Registration of an order for spousal support or child support of another state for enforcement;
(4) Modification of an order for child support or spousal support issued by a tribunal of this state;
(5) Registration of an order for child support of another state for modification;
(6) Determination of parentage; and
(7) Assertion of jurisdiction over nonresidents.
(c) An individual petitioner or a support enforcement agency may commence a proceeding authorized under this act 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: SL 1994, ch 206, § 301.