Okla. Stat. tit. 43, § 43-601-401
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Petition to establish support order
Official statutory text
A. If 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:
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 Section 1-311.3 of
Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
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 Section 601-305 of this title.
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 Section 1-311.3 of
Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
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 Section 601-305 of this title.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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