{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2a-4-30.159","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 2A:4-30.159","heading":"Establishment of support order.","body":"36.\tEstablishment of support order.\na.\tIf a support order entitled to recognition under this act has not been issued, a responding tribunal of this State with personal jurisdiction over the parties may issue a support order if:\n(1)\tthe individual seeking the order resides outside this State; or\n(2)\tthe support enforcement agency seeking the order is located outside this State.\nb.\tThe 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)\ta presumed father of the child;\n(2)\tpetitioning to have his paternity adjudicated;\n(3)\tidentified as the father of the child through genetic testing;\n(4)\tan alleged father who has declined to submit to genetic testing;\n(5)\tshown by clear and convincing evidence to be the father of the child;\n(6)\tan acknowledged father as provided by law;\n(7)\tthe mother of the child; or\n(8)\tan individual who has been ordered to pay child support in a previous proceeding and the order has not been reversed or vacated.\nc.\tUpon 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 21 of this act.\nL.2016, c.1, s.36.","path":["TITLE 2A ADMINISTRATION OF CIVIL AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"3115d93af1bb37dc591b8c1daf96e0865cb9158de7f516f9c50b747987fcf563","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2a-4-30.158","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2a-4-30.160"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}