Indiana § 31-18.5-3-5 Duties and powers of responding tribunal

Indiana Statutes

§ 31-18.5-3-5 — Duties and powers of responding tribunal

Indiana § 31-18.5-3-5

Art. 18.5FAMILY LAW: UNIFORM INTERSTATE

Ch. 3Civil Provisions of General Application

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Ind. Code § 31-18.5-3-5 (2026).

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(a)When a responding Indiana tribunal receives a petition or comparable pleading from an initiating tribunal or directly under section 1(b) of this chapter, it shall cause the petition or pleading to be filed and notify the petitioner where and when it was filed.

(b)A responding Indiana tribunal, to the extent not prohibited by other law, may do one (1) or more of the following:

(1)Establish or enforce a support order, modify a child support order, determine the controlling child support order, or determine parentage of a child.

(2)Order an obligor to comply with a support order, specifying the amount and the manner of compliance.

(3)Order income withholding.

(4)Determine the amount of any arrearages, and specify a method of payment.

(5)Enforce orders by civil or criminal contempt,

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(a) When a responding Indiana tribunal
receives a petition or comparable pleading from an initiating tribunal
or directly under section 1(b) of this chapter, it shall cause the petition
or pleading to be filed and notify the petitioner where and when it was
filed.
(b) A responding Indiana tribunal, to the extent not prohibited by
other law, may do one (1) or more of the following:
(1) Establish or enforce a support order, modify a child support
order, determine the controlling child support order, or determine
parentage of a child.
(2) Order an obligor to comply with a support order, specifying
the amount and the manner of compliance.
(3) Order income withholding.
(4) Determine the amount of any arrearages, and specify a method
of payment.
(5) Enforce orders by civil or criminal contempt, or both.
(6) Set aside property for satisfaction of the support order.
(7) Place liens and order execution on the obligor's property.
(8) Order an obligor to keep the tribunal informed of the obligor's
current residential address, electronic mail address, telephone
number, income payor, address of employment, and telephone
number at the place of employment.
(9) Issue a bench warrant for an obligor who has failed after
proper notice to appear at a hearing ordered by the tribunal and
enter the bench warrant in any local and state computer systems
for criminal warrants.
(10) Order the obligor to seek appropriate employment by
specified methods.
(11) Award reasonable attorney's fees and other fees and costs.
(12) Grant any other available remedy.
(c) A responding Indiana tribunal shall include in a support order
issued under this article, or in the documents accompanying the order,
the calculations on which the support order is based.
(d) A responding Indiana tribunal may not condition the payment of
a support order issued under this article upon compliance by a party
with provisions for visitation.
(e) If a responding Indiana tribunal issues an order under this article,
the tribunal shall send a copy of the order to the:
(1) petitioner;
(2) respondent; and
(3) initiating tribunal, if any.
(f) If requested to enforce a support order, arrears, or judgment or
modify a support order stated in a foreign currency, a responding
Indiana tribunal shall convert the amount stated in the foreign currency
to the equivalent amount in dollars under the applicable official or
market exchange rate as publicly reported.