Indiana Code
Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law
Article 18.5. Family Law: Uniform Interstate Family Support Act

31-18.5-1-1. Title - Sec. 1. This article may be cited as the Uniform...

31-18.5-1-2. Definitions - Sec. 2. In this article: (1) "Child" means an individual,...

31-18.5-1-3. Tribunal - Sec. 3. (a) The court is the tribunal of Indiana....

31-18.5-1-4. Support Enforcement Agency - Sec. 4. (a) Remedies provided by this article are cumulative...

31-18.5-1-5. Application to Foreign Resident, Support Order, and Tribunal - Sec. 5. (a) An Indiana tribunal shall apply this chapter...

Chapter 2. Jurisdiction

31-18.5-2-1. Personal Jurisdiction Over Nonresident - Sec. 1. (a) In a proceeding to establish or enforce...

31-18.5-2-2. Duration of Personal Jurisdiction - Sec. 2. Personal jurisdiction acquired by an Indiana tribunal in...

31-18.5-2-3. Initiating and Responding Tribunal - Sec. 3. Under this article, an Indiana tribunal may serve...

31-18.5-2-4. Simultaneous Proceedings - Sec. 4. (a) An Indiana tribunal may exercise jurisdiction to...

31-18.5-2-5. Continuing, Exclusive Jurisdiction to Modify Child Support Order - Sec. 5. (a) An Indiana tribunal that has issued a...

31-18.5-2-6. Continuing Jurisdiction to Enforce Child Support Order - Sec. 6. (a) An Indiana tribunal that has issued a...

31-18.5-2-7. Determination of Controlling Child Support Order - Sec. 7. (a) If a proceeding is brought under this...

31-18.5-2-8. Child Support Orders for Two or More Obligees - Sec. 8. In responding to registrations or petitions for enforcement...

31-18.5-2-9. Credit for Payments - Sec. 9. An Indiana tribunal shall credit amounts collected for...

31-18.5-2-10. Application to Nonresident Subject to Personal Jurisdiction - Sec. 10. An Indiana tribunal exercising personal jurisdiction over a...

31-18.5-2-11. Continuing, Exclusive Jurisdiction to Modify Spousal Support Order - Sec. 11. (a) An Indiana tribunal issuing a spousal support...

Chapter 3. Civil Provisions of General Application

31-18.5-3-1. Proceedings; Filing Petition - Sec. 1. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this article,...

31-18.5-3-2. Proceeding by Minor Parent - Sec. 2. A minor parent, or a guardian or other...

31-18.5-3-3. Application of Law - Sec. 3. Except as otherwise provided in this article, a...

31-18.5-3-4. Duties of Initiating Tribunal - Sec. 4. (a) Upon the filing of a petition authorized...

31-18.5-3-5. Duties and Powers of Responding Tribunal - Sec. 5. (a) When a responding Indiana tribunal receives a...

31-18.5-3-6. Inappropriate Tribunal - Sec. 6. If a petition or comparable pleading is received...

31-18.5-3-7. Duties of Support Enforcement Agency - Sec. 7. (a) In a proceeding under this article, a...

31-18.5-3-8. Powers of Department of Child Services - Sec. 8. (a) If the department of child services determines...

31-18.5-3-9. Private Counsel - Sec. 9. An individual may employ private counsel to represent...

31-18.5-3-10. Duties of the Child Support Bureau - Sec. 10. (a) The child support bureau is the state...

31-18.5-3-11. Pleadings and Accompanying Documents - Sec. 11. (a) In a proceeding under this article, a...

31-18.5-3-12. Nondisclosure of Information in Exceptional Circumstances - Sec. 12. If a party alleges in an affidavit or...

31-18.5-3-13. Costs, Fees, and Expenses - Sec. 13. (a) The petitioner may not be required to...

31-18.5-3-14. Limited Immunity of Petitioner - Sec. 14. (a) Participation by a petitioner in a proceeding...

31-18.5-3-15. Nonparentage as Defense - Sec. 15. A party whose parentage of a child has...

31-18.5-3-16. Special Rules of Evidence and Procedure - Sec. 16. (a) The physical presence of a nonresident party...

31-18.5-3-17. Communication Between Tribunals - Sec. 17. (a) An Indiana tribunal may communicate with a...

31-18.5-3-18. Discovery - Sec. 18. An Indiana tribunal may: (1) request a tribunal...

31-18.5-3-19. Receipt and Disbursement of Payments - Sec. 19. (a) A support enforcement agency or Indiana tribunal...

Chapter 4. Establishment of Support Order or Determination of Parentage

31-18.5-4-1. Issuance of Support Order and Temporary Child Support Order - Sec. 1. (a) If a support order entitled to recognition...

31-18.5-4-2. Proceeding to Determine Parentage - Sec. 2. An Indiana tribunal authorized to determine parentage of...

Chapter 5. Enforcement of Support Order Without Registration

31-18.5-5-1. Income Withholding Order of Another State - Sec. 1. An income withholding order issued in another state...

31-18.5-5-2. Employer's Compliance With Income Withholding Order of Another State - Sec. 2. (a) Upon receipt of an income withholding order,...

31-18.5-5-3. Employer's Compliance With Two or More Income Withholding Orders - Sec. 3. If an obligor's income payor receives two (2)...

31-18.5-5-4. Immunity From Civil Liability - Sec. 4. An income payor that complies with an income...

31-18.5-5-5. Penalties for Noncompliance - Sec. 5. An income payor that willfully fails to comply...

31-18.5-5-6. Contest by Obligor; Notice - Sec. 6. (a) An obligor may contest the validity or...

31-18.5-5-7. Administrative Enforcement of Orders - Sec. 7. (a) A party or support enforcement agent seeking...

Chapter 6. Registration, Enforcement, and Modification of Support Order

31-18.5-6-1. Registration of Order for Enforcement - Sec. 1. A support order or income withholding order issued...

31-18.5-6-2. Procedure to Register Order for Enforcement - Sec. 2. (a) Except as otherwise provided in IC 31-18.5-7-6,...

31-18.5-6-3. Effect of Registration for Enforcement - Sec. 3. (a) A support order or income withholding order...

31-18.5-6-4. Choice of Law - Sec. 4. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d),...

31-18.5-6-5. Notice of Registration of Order - Sec. 5. (a) When a support order or income withholding...

31-18.5-6-6. Procedure to Contest the Validity or Enforcement of Registered Support Order - Sec. 6. (a) A nonregistering party seeking to contest the...

31-18.5-6-7. Contest of Registration or Enforcement - Sec. 7. (a) A party contesting the validity or enforcement...

31-18.5-6-8. Confirmed Order - Sec. 8. Confirmation of a registered support order, whether by...

31-18.5-6-9. Procedure to Register Child Support Order of Another State for Modification - Sec. 9. A party or support enforcement agency seeking to...

31-18.5-6-10. Effect of Registration for Modification - Sec. 10. An Indiana tribunal may enforce a child support...

31-18.5-6-11. Modification of Child Support Order of Another State - Sec. 11. (a) If section 13 of this chapter does...

31-18.5-6-12. Recognition of Order Modified in Another State - Sec. 12. If a child support order issued by an...

31-18.5-6-13. Jurisdiction to Modify Child Support Order of Another State - Sec. 13. (a) If all of the parties who are...

31-18.5-6-14. Notice to Issuing Tribunal of Modification - Sec. 14. Within thirty (30) days after issuance of a...

31-18.5-6-15. Jurisdiction to Modify Child Support Order of Foreign Country - Sec. 15. (a) Except as otherwise provided in IC 31-18.5-7-11,...

31-18.5-6-16. Procedure to Register Child Support Order of Foreign Country for Modification - Sec. 16. A party or support enforcement agency seeking to:...

Chapter 7. Support Proceeding Under Convention

31-18.5-7-1. Definitions - Sec. 1. In this article: (1) "Application" means a request...

31-18.5-7-2. Applicability - Sec. 2. This chapter applies only to a support proceeding...

31-18.5-7-3. Relationship of Child Support Bureau to United States Central Authority - Sec. 3. The child support bureau of Indiana is recognized...

31-18.5-7-4. Initiation by Child Support Bureau of Support Proceeding; Available Support Proceedings - Sec. 4. (a) In a support proceeding under this chapter,...

31-18.5-7-5. Direct Request - Sec. 5. (a) A petitioner may file a direct request...

31-18.5-7-6. Registration of Support Order - Sec. 6. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter,...

31-18.5-7-7. Contest of Registered Support Order - Sec. 7. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section,...

31-18.5-7-8. Recognition and Enforcement of Registered Support Order - Sec. 8. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b),...

31-18.5-7-9. Partial Enforcement - Sec. 9. If an Indiana tribunal does not recognize and...

31-18.5-7-10. Foreign Support Agreement - Sec. 10. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (c)...

31-18.5-7-11. Modification of Child Support Order - Sec. 11. (a) An Indiana tribunal may not modify a...

31-18.5-7-12. Use of Personal Information - Sec. 12. Personal information gathered or transmitted under this article...

31-18.5-7-13. Record in Original Language; English Translation - Sec. 13. A record filed with an Indiana tribunal under...

Chapter 8. Interstate Rendition

31-18.5-8-1. Grounds for Rendition - Sec. 1. (a) For purposes of this chapter, "governor" includes:...

31-18.5-8-2. Conditions of Rendition - Sec. 2. (a) Before making a demand that the governor...

Chapter 9. Miscellaneous Provisions

31-18.5-9-1. Uniformity of Application and Construction - Sec. 1. In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration...

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Indiana Code Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law Article 18.5. Family Law: Uniform Interstate Family Support Act

Indiana Code
Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law
Article 18.5. Family Law: Uniform Interstate Family Support Act