Section 546-B:31 Petition to Establish Support Order. - New Hampshire Statutes

   I. If a support order entitled to recognition under this chapter has not been issued, a responding tribunal of this state may issue a support order if:
      (a) The individual seeking the order resides in another state; or
      (b) The support enforcement agency seeking the order is located in another state.
   II. The tribunal may issue a temporary child support order if:
      (a) The respondent has signed a verified statement acknowledging parentage;
      (b) The respondent has been determined by or pursuant to law to be the parent; or
      (c) There is other clear and convincing evidence that the respondent is the child's parent.
   III. 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 RSA 546-B:16, relative to duties and powers of responding tribunal.

Source. 1997, 263:32, eff. Jan. 1, 1998.