{"data":{"id":"us-mt/40-5-1021","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"40-5-1021","heading":"Proceedings under this part.","body":"(1) Except as otherwise provided in this part, 40-5-1021 through 40-5-1039 apply to all proceedings under this part.\n(2) 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 that has or can obtain personal jurisdiction over the respondent.","path":["TITLE 40. FAMILY LAW","CHAPTER 5. ENFORCEMENT OF SUPPORT","Part 10. Uniform Interstate Family Support Act"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0400/chapter_0050/part_0100/section_0210/0400-0050-0100-0210.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:54:57Z","sha256":"74444cab55a3ece9c22c6fe57cda63bf8ac59ad60bb6261a464d826284af9912","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/40-5-1019","next":"us-mt/40-5-1022"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}