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RCW 26.21A.200

RCW 26.21A.200 - Proceedings under this chapter (2026)

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RCW 26.21A.200 Proceedings under this chapter. (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. [ 2015 c 214 s 12; 2002 c 198 s 301.]

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