93-25-27 - Proceedings under chapter.
§ 93-25-27. Proceedings under chapter.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, Sections 93-25-27 through 93-25-63 apply to all proceedings under this chapter.
(2) An individual 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 which has or can obtain personal jurisdiction over the respondent.
Sources: Laws, 1997, ch. 588, § 84; Laws, 2004, ch. 406, § 11, eff from and after July 1, 2004.