North Dakota Century Code Title 14. Domestic Relations and Persons § 14-12.2-47.5. Direct request

1. A petitioner may file a direct request seeking the establishment or modification of a support order or determination of parentage of a child. In such a proceeding, the law of this state applies.

2. A petitioner may file a direct request seeking the recognition and enforcement of a support order or support agreement. In such a proceeding, the provisions of sections 14-12.2-47.6 through 14-12.2-47.13 apply.

3. In a direct request for recognition and enforcement of a convention support order or foreign support agreement:

4. An individual filing a direct request is not entitled to assistance from the department of health and human services.

5. Nothing in sections 14-12.2-47.1 through 14-12.2-47.13 prevents the application of laws of this state that provide simplified, more expeditious rules regarding a direct request for recognition and enforcement of a foreign support order or support agreement.