Section 31-18.5-3-1 - Proceedings; filing petition(a) Except as otherwise provided in this article, this chapter 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.Added by P.L. 206-2015, SEC. 53, eff. 7/1/2015.