2A:4-30.140 Proceedings under act.
17. Proceedings under act. a. 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. L.2016, c.1, s.17.