Establishment of Support Order

1. Law
2. Tennessee Code
3. Domestic Relations
4. Alimony and Child Support
5. Uniform Interstate Family Support Act — Establishment of Support Order or Determination of Parentage
6. Establishment of Support Order

1. If a support order entitled to recognition under parts 20-29 of this chapter 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.
2. 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 this title;
   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.
3. 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 § 36-5-2305.

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