CHAPTER 3. Civil Provisions of General Application

Chapter 3 added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 493, Sec. 5.

§§ 5700.301–5700.319 · 19 sections

• § 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…
• § 5700.302 A minor parent, or a guardian or other legal representative of a minor parent, may maintain a proceeding on behalf of or for the benefit of the minor’s child.
• § 5700.303 Except as otherwise provided in this part, a responding tribunal of this state shall: (1) apply the procedural and substantive law generally applicable to…
• § 5700.304 (a) Upon the filing of a petition authorized by this part, an initiating tribunal of this state shall forward the petition and its accompanying documents: (1)…
• § 5700.305 (a) When a responding tribunal of this state receives a petition or comparable pleading from an initiating tribunal or directly pursuant to Section…
• § 5700.306 If a petition or comparable pleading is received by an inappropriate tribunal of this state, the tribunal shall forward the pleading and accompanying documents…
• § 5700.307 (a) A support enforcement agency of this state, upon request, shall provide services to a petitioner in a proceeding under this part. (b) A support enforcement…
• § 5700.308 (a) If the Attorney General or the Department of Child Support Services determines that the support enforcement agency is neglecting or refusing to provide…
• § 5700.309 An individual may employ private counsel to represent the individual in proceedings authorized by this part.
• § 5700.310 (a) The Department of Child Support Services is the state information agency under this part. (b) The state information agency shall: (1) compile and maintain…
• § 5700.311 (a) In a proceeding under this part, a petitioner seeking to establish a support order, to determine parentage of a child, or to register and modify a support…
• § 5700.312 If a party alleges in an affidavit or a pleading under oath that the health, safety, or liberty of a party or child would be jeopardized by disclosure of…
• § 5700.313 (a) The petitioner may not be required to pay a filing fee or other costs. (b) If an obligee prevails, a responding tribunal of this state may assess against…
• § 5700.314 (a) Participation by a petitioner in a proceeding under this part before a responding tribunal, whether in person, by private attorney, or through services…
• § 5700.315 A party whose parentage of a child has been previously determined by or pursuant to law may not plead nonparentage as a defense to a proceeding under this part.
• § 5700.316 (a) The physical presence of a nonresident party who is an individual in a tribunal of this state is not required for the establishment, enforcement, or…
• § 5700.317 A tribunal of this state may communicate with a tribunal outside this state in a record or by telephone, electronic mail, or other means, to obtain information…
• § 5700.318 A tribunal of this state may: (1) request a tribunal outside this state to assist in obtaining discovery; and (2) upon request, compel a person over which it…
• § 5700.319 (a) A support enforcement agency or tribunal of this state shall disburse promptly any amounts received pursuant to a support order, as directed by the order.…