{"data":{"id":"us-de/13-del.-c.-6-401","jurisdiction":"us-de","citation":"13 Del. C. § 6-401","heading":"Establishment of support order [Effective until Dec. 6, 2026].","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 the individual’s own 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 Chapter 8 of this title;\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 § 6-305 of this title.","path":["Title 13. Domestic Relations","CHAPTER 6. Uniform Interstate Family Support Act","Subchapter IV. Establishment of Support Order or Determination of Parentage"],"source_url":"https://delcode.delaware.gov/title13/c006/sc04/index.html#6-401","current_through":"2026-08-10 (85 Del. Laws, c. 421, 424)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T23:02:16Z","sha256":"ac53bfee69af4081db4d18ec869e5a2b3c01d50131dca516bb6b8937cd05ff43","source_id":"us-de","stale":true,"prev":"us-de/13-del.-c.-6-319","next":"us-de/13-del.-c.-6-401--2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}