Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 26 Domestic Relations - Section 26.21A.200 Proceedings under this chapter

§ 26.21A.200. Proceedings under this chapter

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, this article applies to all proceedings under this chapter.

(2) 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 which has or can obtain personal jurisdiction over the respondent.

[2002 c 198 § 301.]

Notes:
     Effective date -- 2002 c 198: See RCW 26.21A.900.

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