South Dakota Codified Laws 25-9C-301. Proceedings under this chapter
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(a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, this Article applies to all proceedings pursuant to this chapter.
(b) An individual petitioner or a support enforcement agency may initiate a proceeding authorized pursuant to 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.
Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 25-9C-301
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
Source: SL 2015, ch 148, § 301.