Section 4915.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, this article applies to all proceedings under this chapter.

(b) This chapter provides for the following proceedings:

(1) Establishment of an order for spousal support or child support pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 4935).

(2) Enforcement of a support order and income-withholding order of another state without registration pursuant to Article 5 (commencing with Section 4940).

(3) Registration of an order for spousal support or child support of another state for enforcement pursuant to Article 6 (commencing with Section 4950).

(4) Modification of an order for child support or spousal support issued by a tribunal of this state pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 4905).

(5) Registration of an order for child support of another state for modification pursuant to Article 6 (commencing with Section 4950).

(6) Determination of parentage pursuant to Article 7 (commencing with Section 4965).

(7) Assertion of jurisdiction over nonresidents pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 4905).

(c) An individual or a support enforcement agency may commence 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 which has or can obtain personal jurisdiction over the respondent.

(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 194, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1998. Superseded on operative date (July 1, 2004, or later) of amendment by Stats. 2002, Ch. 349.)