2011 California Code
Family Code
DIVISION 9. SUPPORT [3500 - 5616]
ARTICLE 3. Civil Provisions of General Application
Section 4915
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, this article applies to all proceedings under this chapter.
(b) An individual 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.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 349, Sec. 12. Effective January 1, 2003. Operative July 1, 2004, or later, upon federal government action specified in Sec. 47 of Ch. 349.)
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