Sec. 46b-212m. Applicable law. Initiating a proceeding.
Sec. 46b-212m. Applicable law. Initiating a proceeding. (a) Except as otherwise
provided in sections 46b-212 to 46b-213w, inclusive, sections 46b-212m to 46b-213d,
inclusive, apply to all proceedings under sections 46b-212 to 46b-213w, inclusive.
(b) An individual petitioner or a support enforcement agency may initiate a proceeding authorized under sections 46b-212 to 46b-213w, inclusive, 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.
(June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-1, S. 14, 75; P.A. 07-247, S. 26.)
History: June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-1 effective January 1, 1998; P.A. 07-247 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing references
to Sec. 46b-213v with references to Sec. 46b-213w, deleted former Subsec. (b) re subject matters associated with various
statutory provisions, redesignated existing Subsec. (c) as Subsec. (b) and amended same by replacing reference to Sec.
46b-213v with reference to Sec. 46b-213w and replacing "commence" with "initiate", effective January 1, 2008.