Proceedings under this part

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40-5-1021. Proceedings under this part. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this part, 40-5-1021 through 40-5-1039 apply to all proceedings under this part.

(2) An individual petitioner or a support enforcement agency may initiate a proceeding authorized under this part 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 that has or can obtain personal jurisdiction over the respondent.

History: En. Sec. 15, Ch. 328, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 126, Ch. 546, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 352, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 33, Ch. 174, L. 2015; Sec. 40-5-158, MCA 2013; redes. 40-5-1021 by Sec. 71, Ch. 174, L. 2015.


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