Sec. 5. (a) A person seeking to contest the validity of a registered order must request a hearing not more than twenty (20) days after service of the notice. At the hearing, the court shall confirm the registered order unless the person contesting the registration establishes that: (1) the issuing court did not have jurisdiction under IC 31-21-5; (2) the child custody determination sought to be registered has been: (A) vacated; (B) stayed; or (C) modified; by a court having jurisdiction to do so under IC 31-21-5; or (3) the person contesting registration was entitled to notice, but notice was not given in accordance with the standards of IC 31-21-3-3 in the proceedings before the court that issued the order for which registration is sought. (b) If a timely request for a hearing to contest the validity of the registration is not made: (1) the registration is confirmed as a matter of law; and
(2) the person requesting registration and each person served must be notified of the confirmation. (c) Confirmation of a registered order whether: (1) by operation of law; or (2) after notice and hearing; precludes further contest of the order with respect to a matter that may have been asserted at the time of registration. As added by P.L.138-2007, SEC.45.