CHAPTER 546-B UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT
ARTICLE 3 CIVIL PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
Section 546-B:12
546-B:12 Proceedings Under This Chapter. –
I. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, this article applies to all proceedings under this chapter.
II. 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 or foreign country which has or can obtain personal jurisdiction over the respondent.