Section 580-301 - Proceedings under article(a) Except as otherwise provided in this article, this part applies to all proceedings under this article.(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 or a foreign country which has or can obtain personal jurisdiction over the respondent.N.Y. Family Court Law § 580-301
Added by New York Laws 2015, ch. 347,Sec. 2, eff. 1/1/2016.