{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-36-5-2401","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-5-2401","heading":"Establishment of support order","body":"(a) If a support order entitled to recognition under parts 20-29 of this chapter 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. (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 this title; (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. (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 § 36-5-2305 . Acts 2010, ch. 901, § 1.\n(a) If a support order entitled to recognition under parts 20-29 of this chapter 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(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: (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 this title; (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(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 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 § 36-5-2305 .","path":["TN Code","Title 36","Chapter 5"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_tn_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:26Z","sha256":"dbf138848bfd53fa8744ed75fe885684fb3ab4a02a9e24bf28febba0a4d72d7c","source_id":"us-tn","stale":false,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-36-5-2319","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-36-5-2402"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}