CA Fam Code Section 5700.401

(a)

If a support order entitled to recognition under this part 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:

(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 5700.305.