CHAPTER 7. PATERNITY DETERMINATIONS

IC 31-18-7

    

Chapter 7. Paternity Determinations

IC 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.

IC 31-18-7-2

Jurisdiction

    

Sec. 2. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to confer
jurisdiction on the court to determine issues of custody, parenting
time, or the surname of a child. However, the parties may stipulate
to the jurisdiction of the court with regard to custody, parenting time,
or the surname of a child.

As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.68-2005, SEC.55.