If a petition or comparable pleading is received by an inappropriate tribunal of the District, the tribunal shall forward the pleading and accompanying documents to an appropriate tribunal in the District or another state and notify the petitioner as to where and when the pleading was sent.
CREDIT(S)
(Feb. 9, 1996, D.C. Law 11-81, § 306, 42 DCR 6748; July 24, 1998, D.C. Law 12-131, § 2(f), 45 DCR 2924; June 22, 2006, D.C. Law 16-137, § 2(c)(6), 53 DCR 3634.)
HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 30-343.6.
Effect of Amendments
D.C. Law 16-137 substituted “the tribunal” for “it”.
Temporary Amendments of Section
For temporary (225 day) amendment of section, see § 2(f) of Uniform Interstate Family Support Temporary Amendment Act of 1998 (D.C. Law 12-94, April 29, 1998, law notification 45 DCR 2785).
Emergency Act Amendments
For temporary amendment of section, see § 2(f) of the Uniform Interstate Family Support Emergency Amendment Act of 1997 (D.C. Act 12-225, December 23, 1997, 45 DCR 151).
For temporary amendment of section, see § 2(f) of the Uniform Interstate Family Support Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 1998 (D.C. Act 12-310, March 20, 1998, 45 DCR 1950).
Legislative History of Laws
For legislative history of D.C. Law 11-81, see Historical and Statutory Notes following § 46-301.01.
For legislative history of D.C. Law 12-131, 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 § 306 of the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (2001 Act). See Volume 9, Part IB Uniform Laws Annotated, Master Edition, or ULA Database on Westlaw.
