25-9B-301.   Proceedings under this chapter. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, §§ 25-9B-301 to 25-9B-319, inclusive, apply to all proceedings under this chapter.

     (b) This chapter provides for the following proceedings:

             (1)      Establishment of an order for support;

             (2)      Enforcement of a support order and income-withholding order of another state without registration;

             (3)      Registration of an order for spousal support or child support of another state for enforcement;

             (4)      Modification of an order for child support or spousal support issued by a tribunal of this state;

             (5)      Registration of an order for child support of another state for modification;

             (6)      Determination of parentage; and

             (7)      Assertion of jurisdiction over nonresidents.

     (c) An individual petitioner or a support enforcement agency may commence a proceeding authorized under this act 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.

Source: SL 1994, ch 206, § 301.

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