40-5-158. Proceedings under this part. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this part, 40-5-158 through 40-5-166, 40-5-170 through 40-5-178, 40-5-180, and 40-5-183 apply to all proceedings under this part.
     (2) This part provides for the following proceedings:
     (a) establishment of an order for spousal support or child support pursuant to 40-5-179;
     (b) enforcement of a support order and income-withholding order of another state without registration;
     (c) registration of an order for spousal support or child support of another state for enforcement pursuant to 40-5-184 through 40-5-195;
     (d) modification of an order for child support or spousal support issued by a tribunal of this state pursuant to 40-5-147 through 40-5-150;
     (e) registration of an order for child support of another state for modification pursuant to 40-5-184 through 40-5-195;
     (f) determination of parentage pursuant to 40-5-196; and
     (g) assertion of jurisdiction over nonresidents pursuant to 40-5-145 and 40-5-146.
     (3) An individual or a support enforcement agency may commence a proceeding authorized under this part by filing a petition in an appropriate initiating tribunal for forwarding to a responding tribunal or by filing a petition or a comparable pleading directly in a tribunal of another state that has or can obtain personal jurisdiction over the respondent.

     History: En. Sec. 15, Ch. 328, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 126, Ch. 546, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 352, L. 2001.