(a) Except as otherwise provided in sections 46b-301 to 46b-425 , inclusive, sections 46b-327 to 46b-345 , inclusive, apply to all proceedings under sections 46b-301 to 46b-425 , inclusive.
(b) An individual petitioner or a support enforcement agency may initiate a proceeding authorized under sections 46b-301 to 46b-425 , inclusive, 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.