Article 4 - Establishment Of Support Order - Illinois Statutes

      (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.)