Fam. Code, § 5700.301 · Chapter 3. Civil Provisions of General Application
Fam. Code, § 5700.301
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this part, this chapter applies to all proceedings under this part.
(b) 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 which has or can obtain personal jurisdiction over the respondent.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 493, Sec. 5. (SB 646) Effective January 1, 2016.
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