N.J. Stat. § 2A:4-30.140: Proceedings under act.

17. Proceedings under act.

a. Except as otherwise provided in this act, this article applies to all proceedings under this act.

b. An individual petitioner or a support enforcement agency may initiate a proceeding authorized under this act 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.

L.2016, c.1, s.17.