Alaska Statutes Sec. 25.25.401 - Establishment of Support Order

(a) 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

(1) the individual seeking the order resides outside this state; or

(2) the support enforcement agency seeking the order is located outside this state.

(b) The tribunal may issue a temporary child support order if the tribunal determines that an order is appropriate and the individual ordered to pay is

(1) a presumed father of the child;

(2) petitioning to have the individual's 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 under AS 25.20.050 ;

(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(c) [Repealed, Sec. 32 ch 102 SLA 2015].

(d) If, after providing an obligor with notice and opportunity to be heard, an appropriate tribunal finds that the obligor owes a duty of support, the tribunal shall issue a support order directed to the obligor and may issue other orders under AS 25.25.305 .

(e) Before issuing an order under (b) of this section, the child support services agency shall adopt regulations for issuing such an order.

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Last modified: November 15, 2016