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PUBLIC LAW 85-94-JULY 10, 1957

[71 S T A T.

REMEDIES ADDITIONAL TO THOSE NOW E X I S T I N G

SEC. 3. The civil remedies herein provided are in addition to and not in substitution for any other remedies. E X T E N T OF D U T I E S OF SUPPORT

SEC. 4. Duties of support enf orcible under this Act are those imposed under the laws of any State in which the defendant was present during the period for which support is sought, or in which the dependent was present when the failure to support commenced or where the dependent is when the failure to support continues. The defendant shall be presumed to have been present in the responding State during the period for which support is sought until otherwise shown. R E M E D I E S OF A STATE F U R N I S H I N G SUPPORT OR INSTITUTION A L CARE

SEC. 5. Whenever any State or a political subdivision or agency thereof has furnished, or is furnishing support or institutional care to a dependent, it shall for the purposes of securing reimbursement of past expenditures and of obtaining continuing support, have the same right to invoke the provisions of this Act as the dependent to whom such support or care was furnished, or is being furnished. H O W DUTIES OF SUPPORT ARE E N FOR C E D; JURISDICTION

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SEC. 6. Proceedings to enforce duties of support initiated in the District of Columbia shall be commenced by the filing of a complaint irrespective of the relationship between the plaintiff and defendant. eTurisdiction of all proceedings under this Act shall be vested in the domestic relations branch of the municipal court for the District of Columbia, which branch in exercising the jurisdiction vested in the court by this Act, shall have all of the power and authority which is vested in the court by the Act entitled "An Act to establish a domestic relations branch in the municipal court for the District of Columbia, and for other purposes", approved April 11, 1956 (70 Stat. I l l, chapter 204). CONTENTS OF THE

COMPLAINT

SEC. 7. The complaint shall be verified and shall state the name and, so far as known to the plaintiff, the address and circumstances of the defendant and of the dependents for whom the duty of support is sought to be enforced, and all other pertinent facts necessary to enable the court to determine whether a duty of support exists on the part of the defendant. The plaintiff may include in or attach to the complaint any information which may help in locating or identifying the defendant including, but without limitation by enumeration, a photograph of the defendant, a description of any distinguishing marks of his person, other names and aliases by which he has been or is known, the name of his employer, his fingerprints, or social security number. R E P R E S E N T A T I O N OF P L A I N T I F F

SEC. 8. I n any instance in which the Corporation Counsel of the District of Columbia is satisfied that a public support burden has been incurred or is threatened, it shall be his duty to represent the plaintiff in any proceedings arising under this Act or a similar reciprocal Act. In all other cases the court may, in its discretion, appoint private counsel to represent the plaintiff: Provided, That the plaintiff

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