252K.401  Petition to establish support order.
  1.  If a support order entitled to recognition under this chapter has not been issued, a responding tribunal of this state may issue a support order if any of the following applies:
  a.  The individual seeking the order resides in another state.
  b.  The support enforcement agency seeking the order is located in another state.
  2.  The tribunal may issue a temporary child support order if any of the following applies:
  a.  The respondent has signed a verified statement acknowledging parentage.
  b.  The respondent has been determined by or pursuant to law to be the parent.
  c.  There is other clear and convincing evidence that the respondent is the child’s parent.
  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 pursuant to section 252K.305.
97 Acts, ch 175, §153