Current through 2024, c. 127
Section 518C.401 - [See Note] ESTABLISHMENT OF SUPPORT ORDER(a) If a support order entitled to recognition under this chapter has not been issued, a responding tribunal of this state with personal jurisdiction over the parties may issue a support order if:(1) the individual seeking the order resides outside this state; or(2) the support enforcement agency seeking the order is located outside this state.(b) The tribunal may issue a temporary child support order if the tribunal determines that such an order is appropriate and the individual ordered to pay is: (1) a presumed father of the child;(2) petitioning to have his paternity adjudicated;(3) identified as the father of the child through genetic testing;(4) an alleged father who has declined to submit to genetic testing;(5) shown by clear and convincing evidence to be the father of the child;(6) an acknowledged father as provided by section 257.55;(7) the mother of the child; or(8) an individual who has been ordered to pay child support in a previous proceeding and the order has not been reversed or vacated.(c) Upon a finding, after notice and opportunity to be heard, that an obligor owes a duty of support, the tribunal shall issue a support order directed to the obligor and may issue other orders according to section 518C.305.1994 c 630 art 4 s 1; 1997 c 203 art 6 s 56; 2014 c 189 s 32, 73; 2015 c 71 art 1 s 119
This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.