{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-46b-351","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 46b-351","heading":"Establishment of support order.","body":"(a) If a support order entitled to recognition under sections 46b-301 to 46b-425, inclusive, has not been issued, a responding tribunal of this state with personal jurisdiction over the parties may issue a support order if (1) the individual seeking the order resides outside this state; or (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 (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 section 46b-570; (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.\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 46b-331.","path":["TITLE 46b. FAMILY LAW","CHAPTER 817. UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT","PART IV. ESTABLISHMENT OF SUPPORT ORDER OR DETERMINATION OF PARENTAGE"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_817.htm#sec_46b-351","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:16Z","sha256":"80a9663afc07e9c11c16c32bfa0ee81c4df97ade753961c11ce273c9fc85e90f","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-46b-346-to-46b-350","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-46b-352"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}