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Ark. Code Ann. § 9-17-401

Establishment of support order

Known as the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act

The act spans §§ 9–9 (78 sections).

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 2020 Ark. App. 122 - Natalie Tompkins v. Lawrence Tompkins (2020)

Most recently applied in 2020 Ark. App. 122 - Natalie Tompkins v. Lawrence Tompkins (February 2020)

Acts 1993, No. 468, § 1; 2015, No. 888, § 1.

(1) 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

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

(3) 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;

(4) petitioning to have his paternity adjudicated;

(5) identified as the father of the child through genetic testing;

(6) an alleged father who has declined to submit to genetic testing;

(7) shown by clear and convincing evidence to be the father of the child;

(8) an acknowledged father as provided by § 9-10-120;

(9) the mother of the child; or

(10) an individual who has been ordered to pay child support in a previous proceeding and the order has not been reversed or vacated.

(11) 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 § 9-17-305.

Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.