Establishment of support order

Miss. Code Ann. § 93-25-401, under Establishment of Support Order or Determination of Parentage.

Miss. Code Ann. § 93-25-401

(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.

(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.

(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) 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 93-25-305.