Indiana Code
Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law
Article 12. Family Law: Domestic Relations Courts

Chapter 1. Domestic Relations Courts; Provision of Counseling Services

31-12-1-1. Determination of Necessity to Establish Court - Sec. 1. (a) This chapter applies only in judicial circuits...

31-12-1-2. Designation of Judges; Sessions of Court - Sec. 2. In judicial circuits having at least three (3)...

31-12-1-3. Designation of Court - Sec. 3. Each court exercising the jurisdiction conferred by this...

31-12-1-4. Jurisdiction; Supplemental Powers - Sec. 4. (a) Whenever a domestic relations court is established...

31-12-1-5. Absence or Inability of Judge to Perform Duties; Appointment of Substitute - Sec. 5. (a) If a judge appointed to act as...

31-12-1-6. Duty of Clerk of Judicial Circuit Court to File Cases in Domestic Relations Court - Sec. 6. The clerk of the courts in a judicial...

31-12-1-7. Forms of Action; Caption - Sec. 7. The forms of action for: (1) dissolution of...

31-12-1-8. Petition Invoking Jurisdiction for Reconciliation or Amicable Settlement - Sec. 8. Before the filing of an action for dissolution...

31-12-1-9. Appointment of Referees, Counselors, Assistants, and Clerks; Compensation; Expenses - Sec. 9. (a) In each of the judicial circuits in...

31-12-1-10. Referee's Duties - Sec. 10. A domestic relations referee shall perform such duties...

31-12-1-11. Counselor's Duties - Sec. 11. A domestic relations counselor shall, when directed by...

31-12-1-12. Director of Domestic Relations Counseling - Sec. 12. The judge of a domestic relations court may...

31-12-1-13. Counseling Service Not Condonation of Acts Constituting Grounds for Dissolution of Marriage - Sec. 13. The: (1) use of counseling service provided under...

31-12-1-14. Private Counseling Proceedings; Confidential Communications - Sec. 14. (a) All counseling: (1) proceedings; (2) interviews; and...

31-12-1-15. Setting Cause for Hearing - Sec. 15. If after a reasonable time it appears that...

31-12-1-16. Court of Record - Sec. 16. (a) This section does not apply to counseling...

Chapter 1.5. Other Domestic Relations Courts

31-12-1.5-1. Determination of Necessity to Establish Court - Sec. 1. (a) This chapter applies in a judicial circuit...

31-12-1.5-2. Designation of Judges; Sessions of Court - Sec. 2. If the judges of a judicial circuit make...

31-12-1.5-3. Designation of Court - Sec. 3. A court exercising the jurisdiction described in section...

31-12-1.5-4. Jurisdiction; Supplemental Powers - Sec. 4. A court designated as a domestic relations court...

31-12-1.5-5. Absence or Inability of Judge to Perform Duties; Appointment of Substitute - Sec. 5. (a) If a judge appointed to act as...

31-12-1.5-6. Application of Domestic Relations Courts Provisions - Sec. 6. IC 31-12-1-6 through IC 31-12-1-16 apply to a...

31-12-1.5-7. Domestic Relations Counseling Appointments - Sec. 7. (a) The judges of the circuit and superior...

Chapter 2. Establishment of Domestic Relations Counseling Bureau in Certain Counties; Provision of Counseling Services

31-12-2-1. Application of Law - Sec. 1. This chapter applies only to the following: (1)...

31-12-2-2. Creation - Sec. 2. For: (1) any judicial circuit in which there...

31-12-2-3. Order Compelling Party to Cooperate in Counseling Services - Sec. 3. A judge may order either or both parties...

31-12-2-4. Actions and Proceedings in Which Counseling Services Shall Be Provided; Referrals - Sec. 4. (a) A domestic relations counseling bureau shall provide...

31-12-2-5. Appointment of Referees, Counselors, Assistants, Clerks, and Other Personnel; Compensation; Expenses - Sec. 5. (a) The judges described in section 1(1) of...

31-12-2-6. Duties of Bureau - Sec. 6. The domestic relations counseling bureau shall perform the...

31-12-2-7. Counseling Service Not Condonation of Acts Constituting Grounds for Divorce or Dissolution of Marriage - Sec. 7. The: (1) use of counseling service provided under...

31-12-2-8. Private Counseling Proceedings; Confidential Communications - Sec. 8. (a) All counseling: (1) proceedings; (2) interviews; and...

31-12-2-9. Majority Decision of Judges - Sec. 9. The judges in carrying out this chapter must...

31-12-2-10. Rules; Special Orders - Sec. 10. The judges described in section 1(1) of this...

31-12-2-11. Gifts and Donations - Sec. 11. The domestic relations counseling bureau may receive gifts...

31-12-2-12. Incorporation of Records and Property of Marriage Counseling Service Into Bureau's Service - Sec. 12. In a circuit or county that has a...

Chapter 3. Family Relations Division of Court

31-12-3-1. Establishment - Sec. 1. Any court that exercises jurisdiction over domestic relations...

31-12-3-2. Persons Authorized to Administer Division - Sec. 2. The family relations division may be administered by:...

31-12-3-3. Services Offered by Division; Conciliation Procedures - Sec. 3. The family relations division shall offer counseling and...

Chapter 4. Domestic Relations Counseling Bureau Fee

31-12-4-1. Fees; Domestic Relations Counseling Services - Sec. 1. (a) Upon order of a judge or group...

31-12-4-2. Domestic Relations Counseling Bureau Fund - Sec. 2. (a) If a judge or group of judges...

31-12-4-3. Gifts and Donations - Sec. 3. With the prior approval of the judge or...