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
31-18.5-7-4. Initiation by child support bureau of support proceeding; available support proceedings
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.
As added by P.L.206-2015, SEC.53.
