Duties and powers of responding tribunal
Sec. 5. (a) When a responding Indiana tribunal receives a petition
or comparable pleading from an initiating tribunal or directly under
section 1(c) of this chapter, the responding tribunal shall:
(1) file the petition or pleading; and
(2) notify the petitioner by first class mail of the location and
date that the petition or comparable pleading was filed.
(b) A responding Indiana tribunal, to the extent otherwise
authorized by law, may do one (1) or more of the following:
(1) Issue or enforce a support order, modify a child support
order, or enter a judgment to establish paternity.
(2) Order an obligor to comply with a support order, specifying
the amount and the manner of compliance.
(3) Order income withholding.
(4) Determine the amount of any arrearages and specify a
method of payment.
(5) Enforce orders by civil or criminal contempt, or both.
(6) Set aside property for satisfaction of the support order.
(7) Place liens and order execution on the obligor's property.
(8) Order an obligor to keep a tribunal informed of the obligor's
current:
(A) residential address;
(B) telephone number;
(C) income payor;
(D) address of employment; and
(E) telephone number at the place of employment.
(9) Issue a bench warrant or body attachment for an obligor who
has failed after proper notice to appear at a hearing ordered by
the tribunal, and enter the bench warrant in any local and state
computer systems for criminal warrants.
(10) Order the obligor to seek appropriate employment by
specified methods.
(11) Award reasonable attorney's fees and other fees and costs.
(12) As appropriate, grant any other available remedy under
federal or state law.
(c) A responding Indiana tribunal shall include in:
(1) a support order issued under this article; or
(2) the documents accompanying the order;
the calculations upon which the support order is based.
(d) A responding Indiana tribunal may not condition the payment
of a support order issued under this article upon a party's compliance
with provisions for parenting time.
(e) If a responding Indiana tribunal issues an order under this
article, the Indiana tribunal shall send a copy of the order by first
class mail to the:
(1) petitioner;
(2) respondent; and
(3) initiating tribunal, if any.
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.68-2005, SEC.54.
Last modified: May 24, 2006