Alaska Statutes.
Title 25. Marital and Domestic Relations
Chapter 25. Uniform Interstate Family Support Act
Section 401. Establishment of Support Order.
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AS 25.25.401. Establishment of Support Order.

   (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
        (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 an order is appropriate and the individual ordered to pay is
        (1) a presumed father of the child;
        (2) petitioning to have the individual's 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 under AS 25.20.050;
        (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   (c) [Repealed, § 32 ch 102 SLA 2015.]
   (d) If, after providing an obligor with notice and opportunity to be heard, an appropriate tribunal finds that the obligor owes a duty of support, the tribunal shall issue a support order directed to the obligor and may issue other orders under AS 25.25.305.
   (e) Before issuing an order under (b) of this section, the child support services agency shall adopt regulations for issuing such an order.

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