2011 Minnesota Statutes

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