(1) Except as otherwise provided in KRS 407.5101 to 407.5902, Article 3 of this chapter applies to all proceedings under KRS 407.5101 to 407.5902.
(2) An individual petitioner or a support enforcement agency may initiate a proceeding authorized under KRS 407.5101 to 407.5902 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.