Fla. Stat. § 88.4011
Establishment of support order
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**88.4011 Establishment of support order.**—(1) 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: (a) The individual seeking the order resides outside this state; or (b) The support enforcement agency seeking the order is located outside this state. (2) 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: (a) A presumed father of the child; (b) Petitioning to have his paternity 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) An acknowledged father as provided in s. 382.013, s. 382.016, or s. 742.10; (g) The 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 pursuant to s. 88.3051. History.—s. 4, ch. 96-189; s. 33, ch. 2011-92.
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