Title 31, FAMILY LAW AND JUVENILE LAW

Sec. 4. An adoption incentive payment that is paid to Indiana under the federal Adoption and Safe Families Act (42 U.S.C. 473A(d)) must be used for services to facilitate the adoption of children who are in need of services and may be used for postadoption services. As added by P…

Sec. 1. (a) If a child has been adjudicated to be a: (1) child in need of services under IC 31-34; and (2) delinquent child under IC 31-37; unless the court adopts a contrary recommendation by a dual status assessment team, the court making the later adjudication may determine if…

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 tribuna…

Sec. 10. (a) The child support bureau is the state information agency under this article. (b) The state information agency shall: (1) compile and maintain a current list, including addresses, of the Indiana tribunals that have jurisdiction under this article and any support enfor…

Sec. 11. (a) In a proceeding under this article, a petitioner seeking to establish a support order, to determine parentage of a child, or to register and modify a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country must file a petition. Unless otherwise ordered unde…

Sec. 12. If a party alleges in an affidavit or a pleading under oath that the health, safety, or liberty of a party or child would be jeopardized by disclosure of specific identifying information, that information must be sealed and may not be disclosed to the other party or the …

Sec. 13. (a) The petitioner may not be required to pay a filing fee or other costs. (b) If an obligee prevails, a responding Indiana tribunal may assess against an obligor filing fees, reasonable attorney's fees, other costs, and necessary travel and other reasonable expenses inc…

Sec. 14. (a) Participation by a petitioner in a proceeding under this article before a responding tribunal, whether: (1) in person; (2) by private attorney; or (3) through services provided by the support enforcement agency; does not confer personal jurisdiction over the petition…

Sec. 15. A party whose parentage of a child has been previously determined by or under law may not plead nonparentage as a defense to a proceeding under this article. As added by P.L.206-2015, SEC.53.

Sec. 16. (a) The physical presence of a nonresident party who is an individual in an Indiana tribunal is not required for the establishment, enforcement, or modification of a support order or the rendition of a judgment determining parentage of a child. (b) An affidavit, a docume…

Sec. 17. (a) An Indiana tribunal may communicate with a tribunal outside Indiana in a record or by telephone, electronic mail, or other means, to obtain information concerning the laws, the legal effect of a judgment, decree, or order of that tribunal, and the status of a proceed…

Sec. 18. An Indiana tribunal may: (1) request a tribunal outside Indiana to assist in obtaining discovery; and (2) upon request, compel a person over which it has jurisdiction to respond to a discovery order issued by a tribunal outside Indiana. As added by P.L.206-2015, SEC.53.…

Sec. 19. (a) A support enforcement agency or Indiana tribunal shall disburse promptly any amounts received under a support order, as directed by the order. The agency or tribunal shall furnish to a requesting party or tribunal of another state or a foreign country a certified sta…

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.

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 proce…

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…

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 r…

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 plead…

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 a…

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; …

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.