Indiana § 31-18.5-6-2 Procedure to register order for enforcement

Indiana Statutes

§ 31-18.5-6-2 — Procedure to register order for enforcement

Indiana § 31-18.5-6-2

Art. 18.5FAMILY LAW: UNIFORM INTERSTATE

Ch. 6Registration, Enforcement, and Modification of Support

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(a)Except as otherwise provided in IC 31-18.5-7-6, a support order or income withholding order of another state or a foreign support order may be registered in Indiana by sending the following records to the appropriate tribunal in Indiana:

(1)a letter of transmittal to the tribunal requesting registration and enforcement;

(2)two (2) copies, including one (1) certified copy, of the order to be registered, including any modification of the order;

(3)a sworn statement by the person requesting registration or a certified statement by the custodian of the records showing the amount of any arrearage;

(4)the name of the obligor and, if known:

(A)the obligor's address and Social Security number;

(B)the name and address of the obligor's income payor and any other source of income of the obl

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(a) Except as otherwise provided in IC 31-18.5-7-6, a support order or income withholding order of another
state or a foreign support order may be registered in Indiana by sending
the following records to the appropriate tribunal in Indiana:
(1) a letter of transmittal to the tribunal requesting registration
and enforcement;
(2) two (2) copies, including one (1) certified copy, of the order
to be registered, including any modification of the order;
(3) a sworn statement by the person requesting registration or a
certified statement by the custodian of the records showing the
amount of any arrearage;
(4) the name of the obligor and, if known:
(A) the obligor's address and Social Security number;
(B) the name and address of the obligor's income payor and any
other source of income of the obligor; and
(C) a description and the location of property of the obligor in
this state not exempt from execution; and
(5) except as otherwise provided in IC 31-18.5-3-12, the name
and address of the obligee and, if applicable, the person to whom
support payments are to be remitted.
(b) On receipt of a request for registration, the registering tribunal
shall cause the order to be filed as an order of a tribunal of another state
or a foreign support order, together with one (1) copy of the documents
and information, regardless of their form.
(c) A petition or comparable pleading seeking a remedy that must
be affirmatively sought under other Indiana law may be filed at the
same time as the request for registration or later. The pleading must
specify the grounds for the remedy sought.
(d) If two (2) or more orders are in effect, the person requesting
registration shall:
(1) furnish to the tribunal a copy of every support order asserted
to be in effect in addition to the documents specified in this
section;
(2) specify the order alleged to be the controlling order, if any;
and
(3) specify the amount of consolidated arrears, if any.
(e) A request for a determination of which is the controlling order
may be filed separately or with a request for registration and
enforcement or for registration and modification. The person requesting
registration shall give notice of the request to each party whose rights
may be affected by the determination.