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may be represented by private counsel in any proceedings under this Act at his own expense. C O M P L A I N T ON B E H A L F OF A M I N O R

SEC. 9. A complaint on behalf of a minor dependent may be brought by any person or agency as next friend of the minor, regardless of whether such person or agency has been appointed guardian of such minor. DUTY OF COURT W H E N DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA IS I N I T I A T I N G STATE

SEC. 10. If the court finds that a complaint initiated in the District of Columbia sets forth facts from which it appears that the defendant owes a duty of support, as defined in this Act, and that a court of a responding State may obtain jurisdiction of the defendant, it shall so certify and shall cause to be transmitted to the court in the responding State, three copies of its certificate, three certified copies of the complaint, and three copies of this Act. COSTS A N D FEES

SEC. 11. The complaint, when initiated in the District of Columbia, shall be accompanied by such fees and costs as may be required by the court as well as by the court of the responding State: Provided, That the court whether the District of Columbia be the initiating or responding State, may in its discretion direct that payment or prepayment of any part or all fees and costs incurred in the District of Columbia be waived upon the filing of an affidavit representing that the plaintiff is unable to pay the same: Provided further, That the court shall direct waiver of payment or prepayment of such fees and costs whenever the plaintiff is a State having a similar provision for waiver of fees, or a political subdivision or agency thereof. Nothing in this section shall be construed to deprive the court of its discretion to assess costs and fees. JURISDICTION BY ARREST

SEC. 12. When the court has reason to believe that the defendant may flee the jurisdiction of the responding State, it may (a) as the court of the initiating State, request in its certificate that the court of the responding State obtain the body of the defendant by appropriate process if that be permissible under the law of the responding State, or (b) as the court of a responding State, obtain the body of the defendant by any appropriate process. INFORMATION AGENT

SEC. 13. The Corporation Counsel of the District of Columbia is hereby designated as the reciprocal information agent under this Act and it shall be his duty to transmit a copy of this Act and any subsequent changes therein to the State information agency of every other State which has adopted this or a substantially similar Act, and to maintain a registry of the names and addresses of the courts having jurisdiction of such proceedings in other States. DUTY OF THE COURT W H E N THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA I S RESPONDING STATE

SEC. 14. (a) When the court receives from the court of an initiating State certified copies of a complaint or other proceedings containing the essential allegations of a complaint, under whatever name it may be known, and a certificate similar to that required by section 10

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