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SECTION 580-311
Pleadings and accompanying documents
Family Court Act (FCT) CHAPTER 686, ARTICLE 5-B, PART 3
§ 580-311. Pleadings and accompanying documents. (a) In a proceeding
under this article, a petitioner seeking to establish a support order,
to determine parentage of a child or to register and modify a support
order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country must file a
petition. Unless otherwise ordered under section 580-312 of this part,
the petition or accompanying documents must provide, so far as known,
the name, residential address and social security numbers of the obligor
and the obligee or the parent and alleged parent, and the name, sex,
residential address, social security number and date of birth of each
child for whose benefit support is sought or whose parentage is to be
determined. Unless filed at the time of registration, the petition must
be accompanied by a copy of any support order known to have been issued
by another tribunal. The petition may include any other information that
may assist in locating or identifying the respondent.

(b) The petition must specify the relief sought. The petition and
accompanying documents must conform substantially with the requirements
imposed by the forms mandated by federal law for use in cases filed by a
support enforcement agency.