Section 209D:3-301 - Proceedings under chapter(a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, this article applies to all proceedings under this chapter.(b) 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 a foreign country which has or can obtain personal jurisdiction over the respondent.Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209D, § 3-301
Amended by Acts 2016, c. 53,§ 1, eff. 3/31/2016.