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2020 Revised Code of Washington
Title 26 - Domestic Relations
Chapter 26.21A - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.
26.21A.200 Proceedings under this chapter.
Universal Citation: WA Rev Code § 26.21A.200 (2020)
RCW 26.21A.200 Proceedings under this chapter.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, this article applies to all proceedings under this chapter.
(2) 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.
[ 2015 c 214 § 12; 2002 c 198 § 301.]
NOTES:
Effective date—Conflict with federal requirements—Waiver—2015 c 214: See notes following RCW 26.21A.010.
Denial of waiver—2015 c 214: See note following RCW 26.21A.115.
Effective date—2002 c 198: See RCW 26.21A.900.
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