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.