Note Article heading reenacted by L 2015, c 77, pt of §1. §576B-301 Proceedings under this chapter. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, this article applies to all proceedings under this chapter. (b) An individual petitioner or a support enforcement agency may initiate a proceeding authorized under this chapter 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 or a foreign country which has or can obtain personal jurisdiction over the respondent. [L 1997, c 295, pt of §1; am L 2015, c 77, pt of §1]
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