518C.301 PROCEEDINGS UNDER THIS CHAPTER.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, sections
518C.301 to
518C.319 apply to
all proceedings under this chapter.
(b) This chapter provides for the following proceedings:
(1) establishment of an order for spousal support or child support pursuant to section
518C.401;
(2) enforcement of a support order and income-withholding order of another state without
registration pursuant to sections
518C.501 and
518C.502;
(3) registration of an order for spousal support or child support of another state for
enforcement pursuant to sections
518C.601 to
518C.612;
(4) modification of an order for child support or spousal support issued by a tribunal of this
state pursuant to sections
518C.203 to
518C.206;
(5) registration of an order for child support of another state for modification pursuant
to sections
518C.601 to
518C.612;
(6) determination of parentage pursuant to section
518C.701; and
(7) assertion of jurisdiction over nonresidents pursuant to sections
518C.201 and
518C.202.
(c) An individual petitioner or a support enforcement agency may commence 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.
History: 1994 c 630 art 3 s 1