Tex.
Fam. Code Section 159.401
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 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 applicable state law;(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)
On finding, after notice and an 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 under Section 159.305 (Duties and Powers of Responding Tribunal).
Source:
Section 159.401 — Establishment of Support Order, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.159.htm#159.401 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).
