88.3011 Proceedings under this act.—
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this act, this part applies to all proceedings under this act.
(2) An individual petitioner or a support enforcement agency may initiate a proceeding authorized under this act by filing a petition or a comparable pleading 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 respondent.
History.—s. 3, ch. 96-189; s. 18, ch. 97-170; s. 16, ch. 2011-92.
Section: 88.3011 88.3021 88.3031 88.3041 88.3051 88.3061 88.3071 88.3081 88.3091 88.3101 88.3111 88.3121 88.3131 88.3141 88.3151 NextLast modified: September 23, 2016