§ 10-332. Complaint to establish support order

   (a) No previous support order. -- If a support order entitled to recognition under this subtitle 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) Temporary child support order. -- 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 § 5-306(a)(6) of this article;

   (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) Other orders. -- 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 § 10-317 of this subtitle.

HISTORY: 1996, ch. 667, § 2; 1997, ch. 609, § 1; 2008, ch. 522.