Proceedings under chapter
Known as the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act
The act spans §§ 9–9 (78 sections).
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Chaisson v. Ragsdale (1996)
Most recently applied in Chaisson v. Ragsdale (February 1996)
Acts 1993, No. 468, § 1; 1997, No. 1063, § 6; 2015, No. 888, § 1.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, this article applies to all proceedings under this chapter.
(2) 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 a foreign country which has or can obtain personal jurisdiction over the respondent.
Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.