Section 580-301. Proceedings under article

(a)  Except  as otherwise
  provided in this article, this part applies  to  all  proceedings  under
  this article.
    (b) This article provides for the following proceedings:
    (1)  establishment  of  an  order for spousal support or child support
  pursuant to part four;
    (2) enforcement of a support order  and  income-withholding  order  of
  another state without registration pursuant to part five;
    (3)  registration  of an order for spousal support or child support of
  another state for enforcement pursuant to part six;
    (4) modification of an order for  child  support  or  spousal  support
  issued by a tribunal of this state pursuant to part two.B.;
    (5)  registration  of  an order for child support of another state for
  modification pursuant to part six;
    (6) determination of parentage pursuant to part seven; and
    (7) assertion of  jurisdiction  over  nonresidents  pursuant  to  part
  two.A.
    (c)  An  individual  petitioner  or  a  support enforcement agency may
  commence 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 which has or can obtain  personal  jurisdiction  over  the
  respondent.