{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-family-court-act-580-301","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Family Court Act § 580-301","heading":"Proceedings under article","body":"§ 580-301. Proceedings under article. (a) Except as otherwise provided\nin this article, this part applies to all proceedings under this\narticle.\n  (b) An individual petitioner or a support enforcement agency may\ninitiate a proceeding authorized under this article by filing a petition\nin an initiating tribunal for forwarding to a responding tribunal or by\nfiling a petition or a comparable pleading directly in a tribunal of\nanother state or a foreign country which has or can obtain personal\njurisdiction over the respondent.","path":["Family Court Act","Article 5-B. Uniform Interstate Family Support Act","Part 3. Civil Provisions of General Application"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/FCT/580-301","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:44Z","sha256":"23d3198a595e9b22b89ca626b17a6802df21b6909e445c1f6ed17da1d0cbe8d6","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-family-court-act-580-211","next":"us-ny/n.y.-family-court-act-580-302"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}