(a) 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:
         (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:
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Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 750 ILCS 22/401

  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • individual: shall include every infant member of the species homo sapiens who is born alive at any stage of development. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.36
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • State: when applied to different parts of the United States, may be construed to include the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14

         (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 305.
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