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Ind. Code § 31-18.5-2-6

Continuing jurisdiction to enforce child support order

Known as the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act

The act spans §§ 31-18.5-1-1 to 31-18.5-9-1 (76 sections).

As added by P.L.206-2015, SEC.53.

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.

Official source: Indiana General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Indiana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.