{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-209d-3-301","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209D, § 3-301","heading":"Proceedings under this chapter","body":"Section 3–301. Proceedings under this chapter.\n(a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, this article applies to all proceedings under this chapter.\n(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 respondent.","path":["Part II","Title III","Chapter 209D"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartII/TitleIII/Chapter209D/Section3-301","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:24:39Z","sha256":"447076331a50f02ad44c23d8980bc6b11262c2abf83eec09462a5436c3ab90f5","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-209d-2-211","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-209d-3-302"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}