Mississippi Code
Article 3 - Civil Provisions of General Application
§ 93-25-301. Proceedings under chapter

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, this article applies to all proceedings under this chapter.
An individual complainant or a support enforcement agency may initiate a proceeding authorized under this chapter by filing a complaint in an initiating tribunal for forwarding to a responding tribunal or by filing a complaint or a comparable pleading directly in a tribunal of another state or a foreign country which has or can obtain personal jurisdiction over the defendant.