19-11-140. Authority of tribunal upon failure to issue support order; temporary child support order.

If a support order entitled to recognition under this article has not been issued, a responding tribunal of this state with personal jurisdiction over the parties may issue a support order if:#

1. (1)

   The individual seeking the order resides outside this state; or#

2. (2)

   The support enforcement agency seeking the order is located outside this state.#

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. (1)

   A presumed father of the child;#

2. (2)

   Petitioning to have his paternity adjudicated;#

3. (3)

   Identified as the father of the child through genetic testing;#

4. (4)

   An alleged father who has declined to submit to genetic testing;#

5. (5)

   Shown by clear and convincing evidence to be the father of the child;#

6. (6)

   An acknowledged father as provided by applicable state law or the law of a foreign country;#

7. (7)

   The mother of the child; or#

8. (8)

   An individual who has been ordered to pay child support in a previous proceeding and the order has not been reversed or vacated.#

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 Code Section 19-11-124.#