Canon 1073

1. No one can be brought into a court of first instance except

before a judge who is competent in virtue of one of the titles

determined in common law. 2. The incompetence of a judge who

possesses none of these titles is termed relative. 3. Unless

the law expressly provides otherwise, the petitioner follows the

forum of the respondent; but if the respondent has a number of

fora, the choice of one among them is granted to the petitioner.