Sec. 4. (a) In an action for dissolution of marriage under IC 31-15-2-2, the court shall divide the property of the parties, whether:
(1) owned by either spouse before the marriage;
(2) acquired by either spouse in his or her own right:
(A) after the marriage; and
(B) before final separation of the parties; or
(3) acquired by their joint efforts.
(b) The court shall divide the property in a just and reasonable manner by:
(1) division of the property in kind;
(2) setting the property or parts of the property over to one (1) of the spouses and requiring either spouse to pay an amount, either in gross or in installments, that is just and proper;
(3) ordering the sale of the property under such conditions as the court prescribes and dividing the proceeds of the sale; or
(4) ordering the distribution of benefits described in IC 31-9-2-98(b)(2) or IC 31-9-2-98(b)(3) that are payable after the dissolution of marriage, by setting aside to either of the parties a percentage of those payments either by assignment or in kind at the time of receipt.
[Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-1-11.5-11(b).]
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.7.
Structure Indiana Code
Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law
Article 15. Family Law: Dissolution of Marriage and Legal Separation
Chapter 7. Disposition of Property and Maintenance
31-15-7-0.2. Application of Certain Amendments to Prior Law
31-15-7-0.3. General Assembly Declarations
31-15-7-1. Order for Maintenance
31-15-7-2. Findings Concerning Maintenance
31-15-7-3. Modification or Revocation of Order for Maintenance
31-15-7-4. Division of Property
31-15-7-5. Presumption for Equal Division of Marital Property; Rebuttal
31-15-7-6. Monetary Judgment to Spouse for Expenses of Postsecondary Education
31-15-7-7. Tax Consequences of Property Division
31-15-7-8. Security, Bond, or Other Guarantee of Division of Property
31-15-7-9.1. Revocation or Modification of Property Disposition Orders; Fraud