{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-81-8-401","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 81-8-401","heading":"Establishment of support order.","body":"(1) 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(a) the individual seeking the order resides outside this state; or\n(b) the child support services agency seeking the order is located outside this state.\n(2) The tribunal may issue a temporary child support order if the tribunal determines that an order is appropriate and the individual ordered to pay is:\n(a) a presumed father of the child;\n(b) petitioning to have the individual's parentage adjudicated;\n(c) identified as the father of the child through genetic testing;\n(d) an alleged father who has declined to submit to genetic testing;\n(e) shown by clear and convincing evidence to be the father of the child;\n(f) a declarant father, as defined in Section 81-5-102, determined in accordance with Chapter 5, Part 3, Voluntary Declaration of Paternity;\n(g) the birth mother of the child; or\n(h) an individual who has been ordered to pay child support in a previous proceeding and the order has not been reversed or vacated.\n(3) 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 in accordance with Section 81-8-305.","path":["Title 81 Utah Domestic Relations Code","Chapter 81-8 Uniform Interstate Family Support Act","Part 81-8-4 Establishment of Support Order or Determination of Parentage"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title81/Chapter8/81-8-S401.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:34Z","sha256":"a89728c3d78e1ee2063e9ed1a54a11165e371787917fb60fa6af1e552f8bbfe1","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-81-8-319","next":"us-ut/utah-code-81-8-402"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}