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expeditious collection and transfer of child support from
obligor to obligee. States may choose whether only a tribunal
may order redirection of support payments, or whether a support
enforcement agency of the State is also authorized to render
such an order. Under either approach, the request for such
redirection that must be acted upon may only be made by a
support enforcement agency in either the issuing State or
another State. The basic idea is that redirection of payments
will be facilitated, with the proviso that the issuing tribunal
be kept informed as to the disposition of the payments made
under its order.

 
Sec. 28. 19-A MRSA §3051, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 694, Pt.
B, §2 and affected by Pt. E, §2, is amended to read:

 
2. Responding tribunal may issue temporary support order.
A responding tribunal of this State may issue a temporary
support order pursuant to the laws of this State. if the
tribunal determines that such an order is appropriate and the
individual ordered to pay is:

 
A.__The presumed father of the child;

 
B.__Petitioning to have his paternity of the child
adjudicated;

 
C.__Identified as the father of the child through genetic
testing;

 
D.__An alleged father of the child 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 of the child as provided in
Title 19-A, section 1616;

 
G.__The mother of the child; or

 
H.__An individual who has been ordered to pay child
support to the child__in a previous proceeding and the
order has not been reversed or vacated.

 
Uniform Comment

 
(This is Section 401 of the Uniform Act.)

 
This section authorizes a tribunal of the responding State to
issue temporary and permanent support orders binding on an
obligor over whom the tribunal has personal jurisdiction.
UIFSA


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