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Article 4 - Establishment Of Support Order


      (750 ILCS 22/Art. 4 heading)
ARTICLE 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF SUPPORT ORDER

    (750 ILCS 22/401)
    Sec. 401. Petition to establish support order.
    (a) If a support order entitled to recognition under this Act 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) 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 applicable
     State law;
        (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) Upon finding, after notice and opportunity to be heard, that a respondent owes a duty of support, the tribunal shall issue a support order directed to the respondent and may issue other orders pursuant to Section 305.
(Source: P.A. 93‑479, eff. 1‑1‑04, operative 7‑1‑04.)