{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-9-17-401","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 9-17-401","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 § 9-10-120;\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 § 9-17-305.","path":["Title 9 Family Law","Subtitle 2. Domestic Relations","Chapter 17 Uniform Interstate Family Support Act","Article 4 Establishment of Support Order or Determination of Parentage"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ar.code/release78.2020.11.06/gov.ar.code.title.09.odt","current_through":"2020-11-06","vintage":"Arkansas Code Release 78 (2020-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T21:07:28Z","sha256":"c7078416649278d2a326806e6f8dfdbccdbdc22f16b006f770dbaf48b05d272b","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-9-17-319","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-9-17-402"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}