§ 46-303.01. Proceedings available under this chapter.

Current through October 23, 2012

(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(b) Repealed.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.

                
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(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D.C. Law 16-137 repealed subsec.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.