§ 43-601-301. Proceedings under this act.

A.  Except as otherwise provided in this act, this article applies to all proceedings under this act.

B.  An individual petitioner or a support enforcement agency may initiate a proceeding authorized under this act by filing a petition in an initiating tribunal for forwarding to a responding tribunal or by filing a petition or a comparable pleading directly in a tribunal of another state which has or can obtain personal jurisdiction over the respondent.

Added by Laws 1994, c. 160, § 14, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.  Amended by Laws 2004, c. 367, § 12, eff. Nov. 1, 2004.