Section 552.1401 - Issuance of support order.
UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 310 of 1996
552.1401 Issuance of support order.
Sec. 401.
(1) 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 either of the following is true:
(a) The individual seeking the order resides in another state.
(b) The support enforcement agency seeking the order is located in another state.
(2) The tribunal may issue a temporary child support order if any of the following are true:
(a) The respondent has signed a verified statement acknowledging parentage.
(b) The respondent has been determined by law to be the child's parent.
(c) There is other clear and convincing evidence that the respondent is the child's parent.
(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 as authorized in section 308.
History: 1996, Act 310, Eff. June 1, 1997