Ind. Code § 31-18.5-1-5
Application to foreign resident, support order, and tribunal
Indiana · Indiana Code Title 31 — Family Law and Juvenile Law · Status: effective
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- Ind. Code § 31-18.5-1-5, Application to foreign resident, support order, and tribunal, Indiana, version 1 as recorded 2026-09-28, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/1669732
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Sec. 5.
(a) An Indiana tribunal shall apply this chapter and IC 31-18.5-2 through IC 31-18.5-6 and, as applicable, IC 31-18.5-7, to a support proceeding involving:
(1) a foreign support order;
(2) a foreign tribunal; or
(3) an obligee, obligor, or child residing in a foreign country.
(b) An Indiana tribunal that is requested to recognize and enforce a support order on the basis of comity may apply the procedural and substantive provisions of this chapter and IC 31-18.5-2 through IC 31-18.5-6.
(c) IC 31-18.5-7 applies only to a support proceeding under the Convention. In such a proceeding, if a provision of IC 31-18.5-7 is inconsistent with this chapter or IC 31-18.5-2 through IC 31-18.5-6, IC 31-18.5-7 controls.