Washington Code 41.50.530 – Mandatory assignment of retirement benefits — Proceeding to enforce spousal maintenance — Venue — Jurisdiction
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(1) A proceeding to enforce a duty of spousal maintenance through a mandatory benefits assignment order may be commenced by an obligee:
Terms Used In Washington Code 41.50.530
- 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.
- Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.
(a) By filing a petition for an original action; or
(b) By motion in an existing action or under an existing cause number.
(2) Venue for the action is in the superior court of the county of the state of Washington where the obligee resides or is present, where the obligor resides, or where the prior dissolution order was entered.
NOTES:
Severability—1991 c 365: See note following RCW 41.50.500.