{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-15-23.1-301","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-23.1-301","heading":"Proceedings under this chapter.","body":"(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":["Title 15 Domestic Relations","Chapter 23.1 Uniform Interstate Family Support Act","Article 3 Civil Provisions of General Application"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE15/15-23.1/15-3/15-23.1-301.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:55:39Z","sha256":"ad07c3775901329cb3f4a80646972f9e8eaa33e563cd2734e96f35f200f56273","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-15-23.1-211","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-15-23.1-302"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}