2019 Indiana Code
Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law
Article 18.5. Family Law: Uniform Interstate Family Support Act
Chapter 7. Support Proceeding Under Convention
31-18.5-7-10. Foreign support agreement
Sec. 10. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (c) and (d), an Indiana tribunal shall recognize and enforce a foreign support agreement registered in Indiana.
(b) An application or direct request for recognition and enforcement of a foreign support agreement must be accompanied by:
(1) a complete text of the foreign support agreement; and
(2) a record stating that the foreign support agreement is enforceable as an order of support in the issuing country.
(c) An Indiana tribunal may vacate the registration of a foreign support agreement only if, acting on its own motion, the tribunal finds that recognition and enforcement would be manifestly incompatible with public policy.
(d) In a contest of a foreign support agreement, an Indiana tribunal may refuse recognition and enforcement of the agreement if it finds:
(1) recognition and enforcement of the agreement is manifestly incompatible with public policy;
(2) the agreement was obtained by fraud or falsification;
(3) the agreement is incompatible with a support order involving the same parties and having the same purpose in Indiana, another state, or a foreign country if the support order is entitled to recognition and enforcement under this article in Indiana; or
(4) the record submitted under subsection (b) lacks authenticity or integrity.
(e) A proceeding for recognition and enforcement of a foreign support agreement must be suspended during the pendency of a challenge to or appeal of the agreement before a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.
As added by P.L.206-2015, SEC.53.
