{"data":{"id":"us-ca/fam-5700.301","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"FAM § 5700.301","heading":"","body":"(a) Except as otherwise provided in this part, this chapter applies to all proceedings under this part.\n(b) An individual petitioner or a support enforcement agency may initiate a proceeding authorized under this part 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 respondent.","path":["Family Code - FAM","DIVISION 9. SUPPORT [3500. - 5700.905.]","PART 6. Uniform Interstate Family Support Act [5700.101. - 5700.905.]","CHAPTER 3. Civil Provisions of General Application [5700.301. - 5700.319.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"44a2ee5523136a209aefa17700762292caa2795c2f0b09245c4c65c3974968d0","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/fam-5700.211","next":"us-ca/fam-5700.302"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}