Section 19-11-120 - Application of part; initiation of a proceeding(a) Except as otherwise provided in this article, this part applies to all proceedings under this article.(b) An individual petitioner or a support enforcement agency may initiate a proceeding authorized under this article 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.Amended by 2013 Ga. Laws 224,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2013.