Establishment of support order.
Utah Code § 81-8-401
in effect81-8-401. Establishment of support order.
(1) 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:
(a) the individual seeking the order resides outside this state; or
(b) the child support services agency seeking the order is located outside this state.
(2) 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:
(a) a presumed father of the child;
(b) petitioning to have the individual's parentage adjudicated;
(c) identified as the father of the child through genetic testing;
(d) an alleged father who has declined to submit to genetic testing;
(e) shown by clear and convincing evidence to be the father of the child;
(f) a declarant father, as defined in Section 81-5-102, determined in accordance with Chapter 5, Part 3, Voluntary Declaration of Paternity;
(g) the birth mother of the child; or
(h) an individual who has been ordered to pay child support in a previous proceeding and the order has not been reversed or vacated.
(3) 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 in accordance with Section 81-8-305.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 426, 2025 General Session
Source: Utah Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel (le.utah.gov)URL: https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title81/Chapter8/81-8-S401.html?v=C81-8-S401_2025090120250507Fetched: 10/26/2026