Part IV. Establishment Of Support Order.§48-16-401. Petition to establish support order.
(a) If a support order entitled to recognition under this
article 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 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 16-305.