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(a) If the existence of the father and child relationship is declared, or paternity or a duty of support has been acknowledged or adjudicated under this chapter, prior law or applicable sections of the Criminal Code, the obligation of the father may be enforced in the same or other proceedings by the mother, the child, the public authorities that have furnished or may furnish the reasonable expenses of pregnancy, confinement, education, or support, or by any other person, including a private agency, to the extent these expenses have been or are being furnished.

(b) Pursuant to the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act, Sections 6-9-230 et seq., a court in this state shall give full faith and credit to a paternity determination of any other state whether established through voluntary acknowledgment, administrative processes, or judicial process which paternity determination shall be enforced and otherwise treated in the same manner as a paternity determination of this state.

(c) The court shall order payments to be made to a person, corporation, agency designated to administer them under the supervision of the court, or the public authority which has furnished or may furnish support for the child including but not limited to monetary and medical payments.

(d) Willful failure to obey the judgment or order of the court is a civil contempt of the court. All sanctions for enforcement of judgments apply.

(Acts 1984, No. 84-244, p. 375, §15; Acts 1994, No. 94-705, p. 1362, §1.)