(a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, this subchapter applies to all proceedings under this chapter.
(b) Repealed.
(c) 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 which has or can obtain personal jurisdiction over the respondent.
CREDIT(S)
(Feb. 9, 1996, D.C. Law 11-81, § 301, 42 DCR 6748; June 22, 2006, D.C. Law 16-137, § 2(c)(1), 53 DCR 3634.)
HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 30-343.1.
Effect of Amendments
D.C. Law 16-137 repealed subsec. (b); and in subsec. (c), substituted “initiate” for “commence”. Prior to repeal, subsec. (b) read as follows:
“(b) This chapter provides for the following proceedings:
“(1) Establishment of an order for spousal support or child support pursuant to subchapter IV of this chapter;
“(2) Enforcement of a support order and income-withholding order of another state without registration pursuant to subchapter V of this chapter;
“(3) Registration of an order for spousal support or child support of another state for enforcement pursuant to subchapter VI of this chapter;
“(4) Modification of an order for child support or spousal support issued by a tribunal of the District pursuant to part B of subchapter II of this chapter;
“(5) Registration of an order for child support of another state for modification pursuant to subchapter VI of this chapter;
“(6) Determination of parentage pursuant to subchapter VII of this chapter; and
“(7) Assertion of jurisdiction over nonresidents pursuant to part A of subchapter II of this chapter.”
Legislative History of Laws
For legislative history of D.C. Law 11-81, see Historical and Statutory Notes following § 46-301.01.
For Law 16-137, see notes following § 46-301.01.
Effective Dates
Applicability: Section 3 of D.C. Law 16-137 provides: “This act shall apply as of April 1, 2007.”
Uniform Law
This section is based upon § 301 of the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (2001 Act). See Volume 9, Part IB Uniform Laws Annotated, Master Edition, or ULA Database on Westlaw.
