{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-46-353.01","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 46-353.01","heading":"Proceedings under chapter.","body":"(a)\nExcept as otherwise provided in this chapter, this subchapter applies to all proceedings under this chapter.\n\n(b)\nAn 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.","path":["Title 46. Domestic Relations.","Chapter 3A. Uniform Interstate Family Support.","Subchapter III. Civil Provisions of General Application."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/46-353.01","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"85699f09c049cedee3c858e3dc22826c872565c8c8a7a7a52fac8893aee1362b","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-46-352.11","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-46-353.02"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}