Duties of division of family and children
Sec. 10. (a) The division of family and children is the state
information agency for Indiana under this article.
(b) The division of family and children shall do the following:
(1) Compile and maintain a current list, including addresses, of
each Indiana tribunal that has jurisdiction under this article and
transmit a copy of the list to the state information agency of
every state.
(2) Maintain a registry of tribunals and support enforcement
agencies received from other states.
(3) Forward to the appropriate tribunal in the location in Indiana
in which:
(A) the obligee or the obligor resides; or
(B) the obligor's property is believed to be located;
all documents concerning a proceeding under this article
received from an initiating tribunal or the state information
agency of the initiating state.
(4) Obtain information concerning the location of the obligor
and the obligor's property within Indiana that is not exempt
from execution by the following methods:
(1) Postal verification.
(2) Federal or state locator services.
(3) Examination of telephone directories.
(4) Requests for the obligor's address from employers.
(5) Examination of governmental records, including, to the
extent not prohibited by other law, records relating to the
following:
(A) Real property.
(B) Vital statistics.
(C) Law enforcement.
(D) Taxation.
(E) Motor vehicles.
(F) Driver's licenses.
(G) Social Security.
(H) Worker's compensation.
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.10.
Last modified: May 24, 2006