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Indiana Code Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law § 31-21-6-5

Current as of January 01, 2026 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

Sec. 5. (a) A person seeking to contest the validity of a registered order must request a hearing not more than twenty (20) days after service of the notice.  At the hearing, the court shall confirm the registered order unless the person contesting the registration establishes that:

(1) the issuing court did not have jurisdiction under IC 31-21-5;

(2) the child custody determination sought to be registered has been:

(A) vacated;

(B) stayed;  or

(C) modified;

by a court having jurisdiction to do so under IC 31-21-5;  or

(3) the person contesting registration was entitled to notice, but notice was not given in accordance with the standards of IC 31-21-3-3 in the proceedings before the court that issued the order for which registration is sought.

(b) If a timely request for a hearing to contest the validity of the registration is not made:

(1) the registration is confirmed as a matter of law;  and

(2) the person requesting registration and each person served must be notified of the confirmation.

(c) Confirmation of a registered order whether:

(1) by operation of law;  or

(2) after notice and hearing;

precludes further contest of the order with respect to a matter that may have been asserted at the time of registration.

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