(a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the provisions of this subchapter apply 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.
69 Del. Laws, c. 238, § 1; 71 Del. Laws, c. 216, §§ 127-129; 75 Del. Laws, c. 64, § 1; 80 Del. Laws, c. 60, § 3.