Sec. 401. Establishment of support order.

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(a)If a support order entitled to recognition under this Act 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 applicable State law;

(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 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 pursuant to Section 305.