{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-252k.301","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 252K.301","heading":"Proceedings under this chapter.","body":"1. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, this article applies to all proceedings under this chapter.\n2. An individual movant or a support enforcement agency may initiate a proceeding authorized under this chapter by filing a petition or a comparable pleading 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 or nonmoving party.","path":["Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES (Ch. 216 - 255A)","Chapter 252K - UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT","Article 3 - CIVIL PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/252K.301.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:06Z","sha256":"f1ec4c6e340282e9738e957ad244665f6c83d34d3e7e24510b774544c7601858","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-252k.211","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-252k.302"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}