District of Columbia · Through 2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)

D.C. Code § 46-353.01: Proceedings under chapter.

Where this section sits in the code

Title 46. Domestic Relations.
Chapter 3A. Uniform Interstate Family Support.
Subchapter III. Civil Provisions of General Application.

(a)

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, this subchapter applies to all proceedings under this chapter.

(b)

An individual petitioner or a support enforcement agency may initiate 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 or a foreign country which has or can obtain personal jurisdiction over the respondnet.

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