Sec. 46b-212m. Applicable law. Initiating a proceeding. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 46b-212m. Applicable law. Initiating a proceeding. (a) Except as otherwise provided in sections 46b-212 to 46b-213w, inclusive, sections 46b-212m to 46b-213d, inclusive, apply to all proceedings under sections 46b-212 to 46b-213w, inclusive.

      (b) An individual petitioner or a support enforcement agency may initiate a proceeding authorized under sections 46b-212 to 46b-213w, inclusive, 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.

      (June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-1, S. 14, 75; P.A. 07-247, S. 26.)

      History: June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-1 effective January 1, 1998; P.A. 07-247 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing references to Sec. 46b-213v with references to Sec. 46b-213w, deleted former Subsec. (b) re subject matters associated with various statutory provisions, redesignated existing Subsec. (c) as Subsec. (b) and amended same by replacing reference to Sec. 46b-213v with reference to Sec. 46b-213w and replacing "commence" with "initiate", effective January 1, 2008.