New York Consolidated Laws, Family Court Act - FCT § 423. Petition;  prior demand not required

Proceedings under this article are commenced by the filing of a petition, which may be made on information and belief.  The petitioner need not make a demand upon the respondent for support as a condition precedent to the filing of a petition for support.  Any such petition for the establishment, modification and/or enforcement of a child support obligation for persons not in receipt of family assistance, which contains a request for child support enforcement services completed in a manner as specified in section one hundred eleven-g of the social services law, shall constitute an application for such services.