Section 46-353.01 - Proceedings under act.(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 orFeb. 27, 2016, D.C. Law 21-73, § 301, 63 DCR 222.