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La. Child. Code art. 1303.1
Proceedings under Chapter
A. Except as otherwise provided in this Chapter, this Section applies to all proceedings under this Chapter.
B. 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 or foreign country which has or can obtain personal jurisdiction over the respondent.
History
Acts 1995, No. 251, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996; Acts 1997, No. 1241, §1, eff. July 15, 1997; Acts 2015, No. 80, §1, eff. July 1, 2015.
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- 2026-09-15
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- 2026-09-15
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