Establishment of support order
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Law
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Mississippi Code
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Domestic Relations
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Uniform Interstate Family Support Act
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Establishment of Support Order or Determination of Parentage
- Establishment of support order
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:
- The individual seeking the order resides outside this state; or
- The support enforcement agency seeking the order is located outside this state.
- Identified as the father of the child through genetic testing;
- An alleged father who has declined to submit to genetic testing;
- Shown by clear and convincing evidence to be the father of the child;
- An acknowledged father as provided by applicable state law;
- The mother of the child; or
- An individual who has been ordered to pay child support in a previous proceeding and the order has not been reversed or vacated.
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:
A presumed father of the child;
Petitioning to have his paternity adjudicated;
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 93-25-305.
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