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Ind. Code § 31-18.5-7-4

Initiation by child support bureau of support proceeding; available support proceedings

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. 4. (a) In a support proceeding under this chapter, the support enforcement agency of Indiana shall:

(1) transmit and receive applications; and

(2) initiate or facilitate the institution of a proceeding regarding an application in an Indiana tribunal.

(b) The following support proceedings are available to an obligee under the Convention:

(1) Recognition or recognition and enforcement of a foreign support order.

(2) Enforcement of a support order issued or recognized in Indiana.

(3) Establishment of a support order if there is no existing order, including, if necessary, determination of parentage of a child.

(4) Establishment of a support order if recognition of a foreign support order is refused under section 8(b)(2), 8(b)(4), or (8)(b)(9) of this chapter.

(5) Modification of a support order of an Indiana tribunal.

(6) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of:

(A) another state; or

(B) a foreign country.

(c) The following support proceedings are available under the Convention to an obligor against which there is an existing support order:

(1) Recognition of an order suspending or limiting enforcement of an existing support order of an Indiana tribunal.

(2) Modification of a support order of an Indiana tribunal.

(3) Modification of a support order of:

(A) a tribunal of another state; or

(B) a foreign country.

(d) An Indiana tribunal may not require security, bond, or deposit, however described, to guarantee the payment of costs and expenses in proceedings under the Convention.

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