District Of Columbia § 46-353.01 - Proceedings under chapter.
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§ 46-353.01. Proceedings under chapter.
46-353.01Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, this subchapter applies to all proceedings under this chapter.
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.
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