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Section 5700.301 Of Chapter 3. Civil Provisions Of General Application From California Family Law Code >> Division 9. >> Part 6. >> Chapter 3.

5700.301
. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this part, this chapter applies to all proceedings under this part.
  (b) 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 which has or can obtain personal jurisdiction over the respondent.