§ 43-601-401. Petition to establish support order.

A.  If a support order entitled to recognition under this act has not been issued, a responding tribunal of this state may issue a support order if:

1.  The individual seeking the order resides in another state; or

2.  The support enforcement agency seeking the order is located in another 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 1-311.3 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

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 601-305 of this title.

Added by Laws 1994, c. 160, § 33, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.  Amended by Laws 2004, c. 367, § 27, eff. Nov. 1, 2004.