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IN Code § 31-18.5-1-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law|Article 18.5. Family Law: Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Chapter 1. General Provisions|31-18.5-1-4. Support Enforcement Agency

Sec. 4. (a) Remedies provided by this article are cumulative and do not affect the availability of remedies under other law or the recognition of a foreign support order on the basis of comity.(b) This article does not:(1) provide the exclusive method of establishing or enforcing a support order under Indiana law; or(2) grant an Indiana tribunal jurisdiction to render judgment or issue an order relating to child custody, visitation, or parenting time in a proceeding under this article.As added by P.L.206-2015, SEC.53.
IN Code § 31-18.5-1-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law|Article 18.5. Family Law: Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Chapter 1. General Provisions|31-18.5-1-5. Application to Foreign Resident, Support Order, and Tribunal

Sec. 5. (a) An Indiana tribunal shall apply this chapter and IC 31-18.5-2 through IC 31-18.5-6 and, as applicable, IC 31-18.5-7, to a support proceeding involving:(1) a foreign support order;(2) a foreign tribunal; or(3) an obligee, obligor, or child residing in a foreign country.(b) An Indiana tribunal that is requested to recognize and enforce a support order on the basis of comity may apply the procedural and substantive provisions of this chapter and IC 31-18.5-2 through IC 31-18.5-6.(c) IC 31-18.5-7 applies only to a support proceeding under the Convention. In such a proceeding, if a provision of IC 31-18.5-7 is inconsistent with this chapter or IC 31-18.5-2 through IC 31-18.5-6, IC 31-18.5-7 controls.As added by P.L.206-2015, SEC.53.
IN Code § 31-18.5-2-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law|Article 18.5. Family Law: Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Chapter 2. Jurisdiction|31-18.5-2-1. Personal Jurisdiction Over Nonresident

Sec. 1. (a) In a proceeding to establish or enforce a support order or to determine parentage of a child, an Indiana tribunal may exercise personal jurisdiction over a nonresident individual or the individual's guardian or custodian if:(1) the individual is personally served with a summons, notice, or subpoena within this state;(2) the individual submits to the jurisdiction of Indiana by consent in a record, by entering a general appearance, or by filing a responsive document having the effect of waiving any contest to personal jurisdiction;(3) the individual resided with the child in Indiana;(4) the individual resided in Indiana and provided prenatal expenses or support for the child;(5) the child resides in Indiana as a result of the acts or directives of the individual;(6) the individual engaged in sexual intercourse in Indiana and the child may have been conceived by that act of intercourse;(7) the individual asserted parentage of a child in the putative father registry administered in Indiana by the state department of health; or(8) there is any other basis consistent with the constitutions of Indiana and the United States for the exercise of personal jurisdiction.(b) The bases of personal jurisdiction set forth in subsection (a) or in any other Indiana law may not be used to acquire personal jurisdiction for an Indiana tribunal to modify a child support order of another state unless the requirements of IC 31-18.5-6-11 are met, or, in the case of a foreign support order, unless the requirements of IC 31-18.5-6-15 are met.As added by P.L.206-2015, SEC.53.
IN Code § 31-18.5-2-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law|Article 18.5. Family Law: Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Chapter 2. Jurisdiction|31-18.5-2-2. Duration of Personal Jurisdiction

Sec. 2. Personal jurisdiction acquired by an Indiana tribunal in a proceeding under this article or other Indiana law relating to a support order continues as long as an Indiana tribunal has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify its order or continuing jurisdiction to enforce its order as provided by sections 5, 6, and 11 of this chapter.As added by P.L.206-2015, SEC.53.
IN Code § 31-18.5-2-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law|Article 18.5. Family Law: Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Chapter 2. Jurisdiction|31-18.5-2-3. Initiating and Responding Tribunal

Sec. 3. Under this article, an Indiana tribunal may serve as an initiating tribunal to forward proceedings to a tribunal of another state, and as a responding tribunal for proceedings initiated in another state or a foreign country.As added by P.L.206-2015, SEC.53.
IN Code § 31-18.5-2-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law|Article 18.5. Family Law: Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Chapter 2. Jurisdiction|31-18.5-2-4. Simultaneous Proceedings

Sec. 4. (a) An Indiana tribunal may exercise jurisdiction to establish a support order if the petition or comparable pleading is filed after a pleading is filed in another state or a foreign country only if:(1) the petition or comparable pleading in Indiana is filed before the expiration of the time allowed in the other state or the foreign country for filing a responsive pleading challenging the exercise of jurisdiction by the other state or the foreign country;(2) the contesting party timely challenges the exercise of jurisdiction in the other state or the foreign country; and(3) if relevant, Indiana is the home state of the child.(b) An Indiana tribunal may not exercise jurisdiction to establish a support order if the petition or comparable pleading is filed before a petition or comparable pleading is filed in another state or a foreign country if:(1) the petition or comparable pleading in the other state or foreign country is filed before the expiration of the time allowed in Indiana for filing a responsive pleading challenging the exercise of jurisdiction by Indiana;(2) the contesting party timely challenges the exercise of jurisdiction in Indiana; and(3) if relevant, the other state or foreign country is the home state of the child.As added by P.L.206-2015, SEC.53.
IN Code § 31-18.5-2-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law|Article 18.5. Family Law: Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Chapter 2. Jurisdiction|31-18.5-2-5. Continuing, Exclusive Jurisdiction to Modify Child Support Order

Sec. 5. (a) An Indiana tribunal that has issued a child support order consistent with Indiana law has and shall exercise continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify its child support order if the order is the controlling order and:(1) at the time of the filing of a request for modification Indiana is the residence of:(A) the obligor;(B) the individual obligee; or(C) the child for whose benefit the support order is issued; or(2) even if Indiana is not the residence of:(A) the obligor;(B) the individual obligee; or(C) the child for whose benefit the support order is issued;the parties consent in a record or in open court that an Indiana tribunal may continue to exercise jurisdiction to modify its order.(b) An Indiana tribunal that has issued a child support order consistent with Indiana law may not exercise continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify the order if:(1) all of the parties who are individuals file consent in a record with the Indiana tribunal that a tribunal of another state that has jurisdiction over at least one (1) of the parties who is an individual or that is located in the state of residence of the child may modify the order and assume continuing, exclusive jurisdiction; or(2) its order is not the controlling order.(c) If a tribunal of another state has issued a child support order pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act or a law substantially similar to that act which modifies a child support order of an Indiana tribunal, Indiana tribunals shall recognize the continuing, exclusive jurisdiction of the tribunal of the other state.(d) An Indiana tribunal that lacks continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify a child support order may serve as an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to modify a support order issued in that state.(e) A temporary support order issued ex parte or pending resolution of a jurisdictional conflict does not create continuing, exclusive jurisdiction in the issuing tribunal.As added by P.L.206-2015, SEC.53.
IN Code § 31-18.5-2-6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law|Article 18.5. Family Law: Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Chapter 2. Jurisdiction|31-18.5-2-6. Continuing Jurisdiction to Enforce Child Support Order

Sec. 6. (a) An Indiana tribunal that has issued a child support order consistent with Indiana law may serve as an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce:(1) the order if the order is the controlling order and has not been modified by a tribunal of another state that assumed jurisdiction under the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act; or(2) a money judgment for arrears of support and interest on the order accrued before a determination that an order of a tribunal of another state is the controlling order.(b) An Indiana tribunal having continuing jurisdiction over a support order may act as a responding tribunal to enforce the order.As added by P.L.206-2015, SEC.53.
IN Code § 31-18.5-2-8 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law|Article 18.5. Family Law: Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Chapter 2. Jurisdiction|31-18.5-2-8. Child Support Orders for Two or More Obligees

Sec. 8. In responding to registrations or petitions for enforcement of two (2) or more child support orders in effect at the same time with regard to the same obligor and different individual obligees, at least one (1) of which was issued by a tribunal of another state or a foreign country, an Indiana tribunal shall enforce those orders in the same manner as if the orders had been issued by an Indiana tribunal.As added by P.L.206-2015, SEC.53.
IN Code § 31-18.5-2-9 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law|Article 18.5. Family Law: Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Chapter 2. Jurisdiction|31-18.5-2-9. Credit for Payments

Sec. 9. An Indiana tribunal shall credit amounts collected for a particular period under any child support order against the amounts owed for the same period under any other child support order for support of the same child issued by an Indiana tribunal or a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.As added by P.L.206-2015, SEC.53.
IN Code § 31-18.5-2-10 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law|Article 18.5. Family Law: Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Chapter 2. Jurisdiction|31-18.5-2-10. Application to Nonresident Subject to Personal Jurisdiction

Sec. 10. An Indiana tribunal exercising personal jurisdiction over a nonresident in a proceeding under this article, under other Indiana law relating to a support order, or recognizing a foreign support order may:(1) receive evidence from outside Indiana under IC 31-18.5-3-16;(2) communicate with a tribunal outside Indiana under IC 31-18.5-3-17; and(3) obtain discovery through a tribunal outside Indiana under IC 31-18.5-3-18.In all other respects, IC 31-18.5-3 through IC 31-18.5-6 does not apply, and the tribunal shall apply the procedural and substantive law of Indiana.As added by P.L.206-2015, SEC.53.
IN Code § 31-18.5-2-11 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law|Article 18.5. Family Law: Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Chapter 2. Jurisdiction|31-18.5-2-11. Continuing, Exclusive Jurisdiction to Modify Spousal Support Order

Sec. 11. (a) An Indiana tribunal issuing a spousal support order consistent with Indiana law has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify the spousal support order throughout the existence of the support obligation.(b) An Indiana tribunal may not modify a spousal support order issued by a tribunal of another state or a foreign country having continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over that order under the law of that state or foreign country.(c) An Indiana tribunal that has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over a spousal support order may serve as:(1) an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce the spousal support order issued in Indiana; or(2) a responding tribunal to enforce or modify its own spousal support order.As added by P.L.206-2015, SEC.53.
IN Code § 31-18.5-3-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law|Article 18.5. Family Law: Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|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, this chapter applies to all proceedings under this article.(b) An individual petitioner or a support enforcement agency may initiate a proceeding authorized under this article by filing a petition in an initiating tribunal for forwarding to a responding tribunal or by filing a petition or a comparable pleading directly in a tribunal of another state or a foreign country which has or can obtain personal jurisdiction over the respondent.As added by P.L.206-2015, SEC.53.
IN Code § 31-18.5-3-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law|Article 18.5. Family Law: Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Chapter 3. Civil Provisions of General Application|31-18.5-3-2. Proceeding by Minor Parent

Sec. 2. A minor parent, or a guardian or other legal representative of a minor parent, may maintain a proceeding on behalf of or for the benefit of the minor's child.As added by P.L.206-2015, SEC.53.
IN Code § 31-18.5-3-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law|Article 18.5. Family Law: Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Chapter 3. Civil Provisions of General Application|31-18.5-3-3. Application of Law

Sec. 3. Except as otherwise provided in this article, a responding Indiana tribunal shall:(1) apply the procedural and substantive law generally applicable to similar proceedings originating in Indiana and may exercise all powers and provide all remedies available in those proceedings; and(2) determine the duty of support and the amount payable in accordance with the law and support guidelines of Indiana.As added by P.L.206-2015, SEC.53.
IN Code § 31-18.5-3-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law|Article 18.5. Family Law: Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Chapter 3. Civil Provisions of General Application|31-18.5-3-4. Duties of Initiating Tribunal

Sec. 4. (a) Upon the filing of a petition authorized by this article, an initiating Indiana tribunal shall forward the petition and its accompanying documents:(1) to the responding tribunal or appropriate support enforcement agency in the responding state; or(2) if the identity of the responding tribunal is unknown, to the state information agency of the responding state with a request that they be forwarded to the appropriate tribunal and that receipt be acknowledged.(b) If requested by the responding tribunal, an Indiana tribunal shall issue a certificate or other document and make findings required by the law of the responding state. If the responding tribunal is in a foreign country, upon request the Indiana tribunal shall specify the amount of support sought, convert that amount into the equivalent amount in the foreign currency under applicable official or market exchange rate as publicly reported, and provide any other documents necessary to satisfy the requirements of the responding foreign tribunal.As added by P.L.206-2015, SEC.53.
IN Code § 31-18.5-3-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law|Article 18.5. Family Law: Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Chapter 3. Civil Provisions of General Application|31-18.5-3-5. Duties and Powers of Responding Tribunal

Sec. 5. (a) When a responding Indiana tribunal receives a petition or comparable pleading from an initiating tribunal or directly under section 1(b) of this chapter, it shall cause the petition or pleading to be filed and notify the petitioner where and when it was filed.(b) A responding Indiana tribunal, to the extent not prohibited by other law, may do one (1) or more of the following:(1) Establish or enforce a support order, modify a child support order, determine the controlling child support order, or determine parentage of a child.(2) Order an obligor to comply with a support order, specifying the amount and the manner of compliance.(3) Order income withholding.(4) Determine the amount of any arrearages, and specify a method of payment.(5) Enforce orders by civil or criminal contempt, or both.(6) Set aside property for satisfaction of the support order.(7) Place liens and order execution on the obligor's property.(8) Order an obligor to keep the tribunal informed of the obligor's current residential address, electronic mail address, telephone number, income payor, address of employment, and telephone number at the place of employment.(9) Issue a bench warrant for an obligor who has failed after proper notice to appear at a hearing ordered by the tribunal and enter the bench warrant in any local and state computer systems for criminal warrants.(10) Order the obligor to seek appropriate employment by specified methods.(11) Award reasonable attorney's fees and other fees and costs.(12) Grant any other available remedy.(c) A responding Indiana tribunal shall include in a support order issued under this article, or in the documents accompanying the order, the calculations on which the support order is based.(d) A responding Indiana tribunal may not condition the payment of a support order issued under this article upon compliance by a party with provisions for visitation.(e) If a responding Indiana tribunal issues an order under this article, the tribunal shall send a copy of the order to the:(1) petitioner;(2) respondent; and(3) initiating tribunal, if any.(f) If requested to enforce a support order, arrears, or judgment or modify a support order stated in a foreign currency, a responding Indiana tribunal shall convert the amount stated in the foreign currency to the equivalent amount in dollars under the applicable official or market exchange rate as publicly reported.As added by P.L.206-2015, SEC.53.
IN Code § 31-18.5-3-6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law|Article 18.5. Family Law: Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Chapter 3. Civil Provisions of General Application|31-18.5-3-6. Inappropriate Tribunal

Sec. 6. If a petition or comparable pleading is received by an inappropriate Indiana tribunal, the tribunal shall:(1) forward the pleading and accompanying documents to an appropriate tribunal of this state or another state; and(2) notify the petitioner where and when the pleading was sent.As added by P.L.206-2015, SEC.53.
IN Code § 31-18.5-3-7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law|Article 18.5. Family Law: Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Chapter 3. Civil Provisions of General Application|31-18.5-3-7. Duties of Support Enforcement Agency

Sec. 7. (a) In a proceeding under this article, a support enforcement agency of Indiana, upon request:(1) shall provide services to a petitioner residing in a state;(2) shall provide services to a petitioner requesting services through a central authority of a foreign country as described in IC 31-18.5-1-2(5)(A) or IC 31-18.5-1-2(5)(D); and(3) may provide services to a petitioner who is an individual not residing in a state.(b) A support enforcement agency of Indiana that is providing services to the petitioner shall:(1) take all steps necessary to enable an appropriate Indiana tribunal or a tribunal of another state or a foreign country to obtain jurisdiction over the respondent;(2) request an appropriate tribunal to set a date, time, and place for a hearing;(3) make a reasonable effort to obtain all relevant information, including information as to income and property of the parties;(4) within ten (10) days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, after receipt of notice in a record from an initiating, responding, or registering tribunal, send a copy of the notice to the petitioner;(5) within ten (10) days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, after receipt of communication in a record from the respondent or the respondent's attorney, send a copy of the communication to the petitioner; and(6) notify the petitioner if jurisdiction over the respondent cannot be obtained.(c) A support enforcement agency of Indiana that requests registration of a child support order in Indiana for enforcement or for modification shall make reasonable efforts:(1) to ensure that the order to be registered is the controlling order; or(2) if two (2) or more child support orders exist and the identity of the controlling order has not been determined, to ensure that a request for such a determination is made in a tribunal having jurisdiction to do so.(d) A support enforcement agency of Indiana that requests registration and enforcement of a support order, arrears, or judgment stated in a foreign currency shall convert the amounts stated in the foreign currency into the equivalent amounts in dollars under the applicable official or market exchange rate as publicly reported.(e) A support enforcement agency of Indiana shall request an Indiana tribunal to issue a child support order and an income withholding order that redirect payment of current support, arrears, and interest if requested to do so by a support enforcement agency of another state under section 19 of this chapter.(f) This article does not create or negate a relationship of attorney and client or other fiduciary relationship between the support enforcement agency or the attorney for the agency and the individual being assisted by the agency.As added by P.L.206-2015, SEC.53.
IN Code § 31-18.5-3-8 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law|Article 18.5. Family Law: Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Chapter 3. Civil Provisions of General Application|31-18.5-3-8. Powers of Department of Child Services

Sec. 8. (a) If the department of child services determines that the support enforcement agency is neglecting or refusing to provide services to an individual, the department of child services may:(1) order the support enforcement agency to perform its duties under this article; or(2) provide those services directly to the individual.(b) The department of child services may determine that a foreign country has established a reciprocal arrangement for child support with Indiana and take appropriate action for notification of the determination.As added by P.L.206-2015, SEC.53.
IN Code § 31-18.5-3-9 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law|Article 18.5. Family Law: Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Chapter 3. Civil Provisions of General Application|31-18.5-3-9. Private Counsel

Sec. 9. An individual may employ private counsel to represent the individual in proceedings authorized by this article.As added by P.L.206-2015, SEC.53.