Indiana § 31-18.5-6-5 Notice of registration of order

Indiana Statutes

§ 31-18.5-6-5 — Notice of registration of order

Indiana § 31-18.5-6-5

Art. 18.5FAMILY LAW: UNIFORM INTERSTATE

Ch. 6Registration, Enforcement, and Modification of Support

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Ind. Code § 31-18.5-6-5 (2026).

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(a)When a support order or income withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order is registered, the registering Indiana tribunal shall notify the nonregistering party. The notice must be accompanied by a copy of the registered order and the documents and relevant information accompanying the order.

(b)A notice must inform the nonregistering party:

(1)that a registered support order is enforceable as of the date of registration in the same manner as an order issued by an Indiana tribunal;

(2)that a hearing to contest the validity or enforcement of the registered order must be requested within twenty (20) days after notice unless the registered order is under IC 31-18.5-7-7;

(3)that failure to contest the validity or enforcement of the registered order in a timely

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(a) When a support order or income
withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order is
registered, the registering Indiana tribunal shall notify the
nonregistering party. The notice must be accompanied by a copy of the
registered order and the documents and relevant information
accompanying the order.
(b) A notice must inform the nonregistering party:
(1) that a registered support order is enforceable as of the date of
registration in the same manner as an order issued by an Indiana
tribunal;
(2) that a hearing to contest the validity or enforcement of the
registered order must be requested within twenty (20) days after
notice unless the registered order is under IC 31-18.5-7-7;
(3) that failure to contest the validity or enforcement of the
registered order in a timely manner will result in confirmation of
the order and enforcement of the order and the alleged arrearages;
and
(4) of the amount of any alleged arrearages.
(c) If the registering party asserts that two (2) or more orders are in
effect, a notice must also:
(1) identify the two (2) or more orders and the order alleged by
the registering party to be the controlling order and the
consolidated arrears, if any;
(2) notify the nonregistering party of the right to a determination
of which is the controlling order;
(3) state that the procedures provided in subsection (b) apply to
the determination of which is the controlling order; and
(4) state that failure to contest the validity or enforcement of the
order alleged to be the controlling order in a timely manner may
result in confirmation that the order is the controlling order.
(d) Upon registration of an income withholding order for
enforcement, the support enforcement agency or the registering
tribunal shall notify the obligor's income payor under IC 31-16-15.