(a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, this subchapter applies to all proceedings under this chapter.
(b) 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 respondnet.
(Feb. 27, 2016, D.C. Law 21-73, § 301, 63 DCR 222.)
Structure District of Columbia Code
Chapter 3A - Uniform Interstate Family Support
Subchapter III - Civil Provisions of General Application
§ 46–353.01. Proceedings under chapter
§ 46–353.02. Proceeding by minor parent
§ 46–353.03. Application of law of the District
§ 46–353.04. Duties of initiating tribunal
§ 46–353.05. Duties and powers of responding tribunal
§ 46–353.06. Inappropriate tribunal
§ 46–353.07. Duties of support enforcement agency
§ 46–353.08. Duty of Office of the Attorney General
§ 46–353.10. Duties of Office of the Attorney General as state information agency
§ 46–353.11. Pleadings and accompanying documents
§ 46–353.12. Nondisclosure of information in exceptional circumstances
§ 46–353.14. Limited immunity of petitioner
§ 46–353.15. Nonparentage as defense
§ 46–353.16. Special rules of evidence and procedure
§ 46–353.17. Communications between tribunals