{"data":{"id":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-518c.401","jurisdiction":"us-mn","citation":"Minn. Stat. § 518C.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 257.55;\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 a 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 according to section 518C.305.","path":["DOMESTIC RELATIONS","CHAPTER 518C. UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT","ESTABLISHMENT OF SUPPORT ORDER"],"source_url":"https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/518C.401","current_through":"2025 Minnesota Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T22:10:49Z","sha256":"78000527509496ccad03f0dd2d1c5d2f6d8a6434c26bdccd9b4e36ff8838912c","source_id":"us-mn","stale":false,"prev":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-518c.36","next":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-518c.402"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}