Proceedings Under This Part

Mont. Code Ann. § 40-5-1021, under Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.

Mont. Code Ann. § 40-5-1021

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this part, 40-5-1021 through 40-5-1039 apply to all proceedings under this part. (2) An individual petitioner or a support enforcement agency may initiate a proceeding authorized under this part 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 that has or can obtain personal jurisdiction over the respondent.