Indiana Code - Family Law and Juvenile Law - Title 31, Section 31-18-7-1

Proceeding to determine paternity

Sec. 1. (a) An Indiana tribunal may serve as an initiating or a
responding tribunal in a proceeding brought under:
(1) this article or a law or procedure substantially similar to this
article; or
(2) a law or procedure substantially similar to the Uniform
Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act or the Revised Uniform
Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act;
to determine that the petitioner is a parent of a child or to determine
that a respondent is a parent of the child.
(b) In a proceeding to determine paternity, a responding Indiana
tribunal shall apply the:
(1) procedural and substantive law of Indiana; and
(2) rules of Indiana on choice of law.

As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.213-1999,
SEC.32.

Last modified: May 24, 2006