1. (A) Except as otherwise provided in this article, this part applies to all proceedings under this article.
2. (B) An individual petitioner or a support enforcement agency may initiate a proceeding authorized under this article 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.

HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 361, Section 2.