Title 31, FAMILY LAW AND JUVENILE LAW

Sec. 1. If: (1) a preliminary inquiry under IC 31-34-7 or IC 31-37-8 takes place in a school; and (2) the preliminary inquiry is conducted in the presence of school officials; any record of the proceeding compiled by school officials is confidential and is not open to public insp…

Sec. 0.1. As used in this chapter, "commission" means the commission on improving the status of children in Indiana established by IC 2-5-36-3. As added by P.L.201-2023, SEC.245.

Sec. 0.3. As used in this chapter, "fund" refers to the juvenile behavioral health competitive grant program fund established by section 5 of this chapter. As added by P.L.201-2023, SEC.246. Amended by P.L.122-2025, SEC.7.

Sec. 0.5. As used in this chapter, "office" means the Indiana office of court services established by the supreme court. As added by P.L.201-2023, SEC.247.

Sec. 0.7. As used in this chapter, "oversight committee" means the statewide juvenile justice oversight body established under IC 2-5-36-9.3(a). As added by P.L.201-2023, SEC.248.

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "program" refers to the juvenile behavioral health competitive grant program established by section 2 of this chapter. As added by P.L.101-2022, SEC.32. Amended by P.L.122-2025, SEC.8.

Sec. 1.2. As used in this chapter, "workgroup" refers to the grant process workgroup created by the oversight committee. As added by P.L.201-2023, SEC.249.

Sec. 2. (a) The juvenile behavioral health competitive grant program may be established, subject to available funding. (b) The program shall be administered by the Indiana criminal justice institute (as described in IC 5-2-6). As added by P.L.101-2022, SEC.32. Amended by P.L.122-…

Sec. 3. (a) The purpose of the juvenile behavioral health competitive grant program is to support jurisdictions, particularly in rural areas, to evaluate a child's behavioral health needs and divert the child from formal court involvement and out-of-home placement into community …

Sec. 3.5. (a) The Indiana criminal justice institute may use available funds to strengthen the Indiana criminal justice institute's grant management capacity to: (1) serve as an efficient pass through to grantees; (2) provide quality assurance and technical assistance to grantees…

Sec. 4. (a) A grantee participating in any program described in this chapter shall engage in collaborative service planning with the grantee's local or regional justice reinvestment advisory council (as described in IC 33-38-9.5-4), another local collaborative body that includes …

Sec. 4.5. (a) The Indiana criminal justice institute shall administer grants for the juvenile behavioral health competitive grant program in consultation with the oversight committee and the workgroup, taking into consideration the grant program report prepared and submitted to t…

Sec. 5. (a) The juvenile behavioral health competitive grant program fund is established to provide grants under this chapter. The fund shall be administered by the Indiana criminal justice institute (as described in IC 5-2-6). (b) The fund consists of: (1) money appropriated to …

Sec. 1. A support order or income withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order may be registered in Indiana for enforcement. As added by P.L.206-2015, SEC.53.

Sec. 10. An Indiana tribunal may enforce a child support order of another state registered for purposes of modification, in the same manner as if the order had been issued by an Indiana tribunal, but the registered support order may be modified only if the requirements of section…

Sec. 11. (a) If section 13 of this chapter does not apply, upon petition, an Indiana tribunal may modify a child support order issued in another state which is registered in Indiana if, after notice and hearing, the tribunal finds that: (1) the following requirements are met: (A)…

Sec. 12. If a child support order issued by an Indiana tribunal is modified by a tribunal of another state which assumed jurisdiction under the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, an Indiana tribunal: (1) may enforce its order that was modified only as to arrears and interest …

Sec. 13. (a) If all of the parties who are individuals reside in Indiana and the child does not reside in the issuing state, an Indiana tribunal has jurisdiction to enforce and to modify the issuing state's child support order in a proceeding to register that order. (b) An Indian…

Sec. 14. Within thirty (30) days after issuance of a modified child support order, the party obtaining the modification shall file a certified copy of the order with the issuing tribunal that had continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over the earlier order, and in each tribunal in w…

Sec. 15. (a) Except as otherwise provided in IC 31-18.5-7-11, if a foreign country lacks or refuses to exercise jurisdiction to modify its child support order pursuant to its laws, an Indiana tribunal may assume jurisdiction to modify the child support order and bind all individu…

Sec. 16. A party or support enforcement agency seeking to: (1) modify; or (2) modify and enforce; a foreign child support order not under the Convention may register that order in Indiana under sections 1 through 8 of this chapter if the order has not been registered. A petition …

Sec. 2. (a) Except as otherwise provided in IC 31-18.5-7-6, a support order or income withholding order of another state or a foreign support order may be registered in Indiana by sending the following records to the appropriate tribunal in Indiana: (1) a letter of transmittal to…

Sec. 3. (a) A support order or income withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order is registered when the order is filed in the registering Indiana tribunal. (b) A registered support order issued in another state or a foreign country is enforceable in the …

Sec. 4. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d), the law of the issuing state or foreign country governs: (1) the nature, extent, amount, and duration of current payments under a registered support order; (2) the computation and payment of arrearages and accrual of int…

Sec. 5. (a) When a support order or income withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order is registered, the registering Indiana tribunal shall notify the nonregistering party. The notice must be accompanied by a copy of the registered order and the document…

Sec. 6. (a) A nonregistering party seeking to contest the validity or enforcement of a registered support order in Indiana shall request a hearing within the time required by section 5 of this chapter. The nonregistering party may seek to vacate the registration to assert any def…

Sec. 7. (a) A party contesting the validity or enforcement of a registered support order or seeking to vacate the registration has the burden of proving one (1) or more of the following defenses: (1) The issuing tribunal lacked personal jurisdiction over the contesting party. (2)…

Sec. 8. Confirmation of a registered support order, whether by operation of law or after notice and hearing, precludes further contest of the order with respect to any matter that could have been asserted at the time of registration. As added by P.L.206-2015, SEC.53.

Sec. 9. A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or to modify and enforce, a child support order issued in another state shall register that order in Indiana in the same manner provided in sections 1 through 8 of this chapter if the order has not been registered. …

Sec. 1. All legal disabilities of a married woman to make contracts are abolished. [Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-7-10-1.] As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.3.

Sec. 2. A married woman has the same rights concerning real and personal property that an unmarried woman has. [Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-7-10-2.] As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.3.

Sec. 3. A married woman is liable for torts committed by the woman. [Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-7-10-3.] As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.3.

Sec. 4. A husband is not liable for the contracts or torts of his wife. [Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-7-10-4.] As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.3.

Sec. 5. (a) The following definitions apply throughout this section: (1) "Deceased spouse" means the first member of a married couple to die. (2) "DSUE amount" means "deceased spousal unused exclusion amount" as defined under Section 2010(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code, for f…

Sec. 1. A man is presumed to be a child's biological father if: (1) the: (A) man and the child's biological mother are or have been married to each other; and (B) child is born during the marriage or not later than three hundred (300) days after the marriage is terminated by deat…

Sec. 2. (a) If there is not a presumed biological father under section 1 of this chapter, there is a rebuttable presumption that a man is the child's biological father if, with the consent of the child's mother, the man: (1) receives the child into the man's home; and (2) openly …

Sec. 3. A man is a child's legal father if the man executed a paternity affidavit in accordance with IC 16-37-2-2.1 and the paternity affidavit has not been rescinded or set aside under IC 16-37-2-2.1. As added by P.L.138-2001, SEC.8.

Sec. 0.2. The rebuttable presumption established under IC 31-1-11.5-11(c) (before its repeal, now codified at section 5 of this chapter), as amended by P.L.283-1987, does not apply to the division of marital property in actions for marriage dissolution filed before September 1, 1…

Sec. 0.3. The general assembly: (1) recognizes that reform of certain elements concerning the manner in which property of spouses is transferred upon the death of a spouse, when there is no will, has become necessary; (2) recognizes inconsistencies in the manner in which the prop…

Sec. 1. The court may order maintenance in: (1) final dissolution of marriage decrees entered under IC 31-15-2-16; and (2) legal separation decrees entered under IC 31-15-3-9; after making the findings required by section 2 of this chapter. [Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-1…

Sec. 10. Notwithstanding any other law, all orders and awards contained in a dissolution of marriage decree or legal separation decree may be enforced by: (1) contempt; (2) an income withholding order; or (3) any other remedies available for the enforcement of a court order; exce…

Sec. 2. A court may make the following findings concerning maintenance: (1) If the court finds a spouse to be physically or mentally incapacitated to the extent that the ability of the incapacitated spouse to support himself or herself is materially affected, the court may find t…

Sec. 3. Provisions of an order with respect to maintenance ordered under section 1 of this chapter (or IC 31-1-11.5-9(c) before its repeal) may be modified or revoked. Except as provided in IC 31-16-8-2, modification may be made only: (1) upon a showing of changed circumstances s…

Sec. 4. (a) In an action for dissolution of marriage under IC 31-15-2-2, the court shall divide the property of the parties, whether: (1) owned by either spouse before the marriage; (2) acquired by either spouse in his or her own right: (A) after the marriage; and (B) before fina…

Sec. 5. The court shall presume that an equal division of the marital property between the parties is just and reasonable. However, this presumption may be rebutted by a party who presents relevant evidence, including evidence concerning the following factors, that an equal divis…

Sec. 6. If the court finds there is little or no marital property, the court may award either spouse a money judgment not limited to the property existing at the time of final separation. However, this award may be made only for the financial contribution of one (1) spouse toward…