Section 88.3011 - Proceedings under this act(1) Except as otherwise provided in this act, this part applies to all proceedings under this act.(2) An individual petitioner or a support enforcement agency may initiate a proceeding authorized under this act by filing a petition or a comparable pleading 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. s.3, ch. 96-189; s.18, ch. 97-170; s.16, ch. 2011-92.