N.C. Gen. Stat. § 52C-3-301

Proceedings under this Chapter

Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case 127 N.C. App. 521 - Welsher v. Rager (1997)

Most recently applied in 170 N.C. App. 138 - Hook v. Hook (May 2005)

1995, c. 538, s. 7(c); 2015-117, s. 1.

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

(b) Repealed by Session Laws 2015-117, s. 1, effective June 24, 2015.

(c) 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.

Official source: North Carolina General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain North Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.