(750 ILCS 22/Art. 4 heading)
ARTICLE 4.
ESTABLISHMENT OF SUPPORT ORDER
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(750 ILCS 22/401)
Sec. 401.
Petition to establish support order.
(a) If a support order entitled to recognition under this Act has not been
issued, a responding tribunal of this State may issue a support order if:
(1) the individual seeking the order resides in
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(2) the support enforcement agency seeking the order
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(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
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(4) an alleged father who has declined to submit to
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(5) shown by clear and convincing evidence to be the
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(6) an acknowledged father as provided by applicable
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(7) the mother of the child; or
(8) an individual who has been ordered to pay child
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(c) Upon finding, after notice and opportunity to be heard, that a
respondent owes a duty of support, the tribunal shall issue a support order
directed to the respondent and may issue other orders pursuant to Section
305.
(Source: P.A. 93-479, eff. 1-1-04, operative 7-1-04.)
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