Arkansas Code
Article 3 - Civil Provisions of General Application
§ 9-17-301. 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.

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