Sec. 25.25.401. Establishment of support order.

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(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 an order is appropriate and the individual ordered to pay is

(1)a presumed father of the child;

(2)petitioning to have the individual's 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 under AS 25.20.050 ;

(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(c)[Repealed, § 32 ch 102 SLA 2015.]

(d)If, after providing an obligor with notice and opportunity to be heard, an appropriate tribunal finds that the obligor owes a duty of support, the tribunal shall issue a support order directed to the obligor and may issue other orders under AS 25.25.305 .

(e)Before issuing an order under

(b)of this section, the child support services agency shall adopt regulations for issuing such an order.