25-1241. 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 that has or can obtain personal jurisdiction over
the respondent.