Section 552.1301 - Applicability of act to proceedings; commencement of proceeding.
UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 310 of 1996
552.1301 Applicability of act to proceedings; commencement of proceeding.
Sec. 301.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this act, this article applies to all proceedings under this act.
(2) This act provides for the following proceedings:
(a) Establishment of an order for spousal support or child support under article IV.
(b) Enforcement of another state's support order and income withholding order without registration under article V.
(c) Registration of another state's order for spousal support or child support for enforcement under article VI.
(d) Modification of an order for child support or spousal support issued by this state's tribunal under article II, part 2.
(e) Registration of another state's order for child support for modification under article VI.
(f) Determination of parentage under article VII.
(g) Assertion of jurisdiction over nonresidents under article II, part 1.
(3) An individual petitioner or a support enforcement agency may commence a proceeding authorized under this act 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 that has or can obtain personal jurisdiction over the respondent.
History: 1996, Act 310, Eff. June 1, 1997