{"data":{"id":"us-al/ala.-code-30-3d-401","jurisdiction":"us-al","citation":"Ala. Code § 30-3D-401","heading":"Establishment of Support Order.","body":"(a) 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:\n(1) the individual seeking the order resides outside this state; or\n(2) the support enforcement agency seeking the order is located outside this state.\n(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:\n(1) a presumed father of the child;\n(2) petitioning to have his paternity adjudicated;\n(3) identified as the father of the child through genetic testing;\n(4) an alleged father who has declined to submit to genetic testing;\n(5) shown by clear and convincing evidence to be the father of the child;\n(6) an acknowledged father as provided by Section 26-17-101 et seq.;\n(7) the mother of the child; or\n(8) an individual who has been ordered to pay child support in a previous proceeding and the order has not been reversed or vacated.\n(c) 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 Section 30-3D-305.","path":["Title 30 Marital and Domestic Relations.","Chapter 3D Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.","Article 4 Establishment of Support Order or Determination of Parentage."],"source_url":"https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=30-3D-401","current_through":"Act 2026-611","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T14:01:53Z","sha256":"567a28b4c7186a569c86153934c4063c9b5ae0af24c990572bebfadcb79ec405","source_id":"us-al","stale":false,"prev":"us-al/ala.-code-30-3d-319","next":"us-al/ala.-code-30-3d-402"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}