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Ind. Code § 31-21-5-3

Modification of a child custody determination made in another state

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case In the Matter of Eric McAndrews and Sachet Woodson (2018)

Most recently applied in In the Matter of Eric McAndrews and Sachet Woodson (August 2018)

As added by P.L.138-2007, SEC.45.

Sec. 3. Except as provided in section 4 of this chapter, an Indiana court may not modify a child custody determination made by a court of another state unless an Indiana court has jurisdiction to make an initial determination under section 1(a)(1) or 1(a)(2) of this chapter and:

(1) the court of the other state determines that:

(A) it no longer has exclusive, continuing jurisdiction under section 2 of this chapter; or

(B) an Indiana court would be a more convenient forum under section 8 of this chapter; or

(2) an Indiana court or a court of the other state determines that:

(A) the child;

(B) the child's parents; and

(C) any person acting as a parent;

do not presently reside in the other state.

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