Indiana § 31-18.5-5-7 Administrative enforcement of orders

Indiana Statutes

§ 31-18.5-5-7 — Administrative enforcement of orders

Indiana § 31-18.5-5-7

Art. 18.5FAMILY LAW: UNIFORM INTERSTATE

Ch. 5Enforcement of Support Order Without Registration

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Ind. Code § 31-18.5-5-7 (2026).

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(a)A party or support enforcement agent seeking to enforce a support order or an income withholding order, or both, issued in another state or a foreign support order may send the documents required for registering the order to a support enforcement agency of Indiana.

(b)Upon receipt of the documents, the support enforcement agency, without initially seeking to register the order, shall consider and, if appropriate, use any administrative procedure authorized by Indiana law to enforce a support order or an income withholding order, or both. If the obligor does not contest administrative enforcement, the order need not be registered. If the obligor contests the validity or administrative enforcement of the order, the support enforcement agency shall register the order pursuant to this art

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(a) A party or support enforcement agent
seeking to enforce a support order or an income withholding order, or
both, issued in another state or a foreign support order may send the
documents required for registering the order to a support enforcement
agency of Indiana.
(b) Upon receipt of the documents, the support enforcement agency,
without initially seeking to register the order, shall consider and, if
appropriate, use any administrative procedure authorized by Indiana
law to enforce a support order or an income withholding order, or both.
If the obligor does not contest administrative enforcement, the order
need not be registered. If the obligor contests the validity or
administrative enforcement of the order, the support enforcement
agency shall register the order pursuant to this article.