Section 2A:4-30.140 - Proceedings under acta. Except as otherwise provided in this act, this article applies to all proceedings under this act.b. An individual petitioner or a support enforcement agency may initiate a proceeding authorized under this act 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 L. 2016, c. 1,s. 17, eff. 4/1/2016.