(a) An application for relief under this chapter may be filed in the family court in the circuit in which:
(1) The petitioner resides or is temporarily located;
(2) The respondent resides;
(3) The subject of the petition, a petitioner's family or household member who is a minor, an incapacitated person as defined in section 560:5-102 or physically unable to go to the appropriate place to complete or file the petition, resides or is temporarily located; or
(4) The domestic abuse occurred.
(b) Actions under this chapter shall be given docket priorities by the court.