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 aresponding tribunal in a proceeding brought under:
        (1) this article or a law or procedure substantially similar to thisarticle; or
        (2) a law or procedure substantially similar to the UniformReciprocal Enforcement of Support Act or the Revised UniformReciprocal Enforcement of Support Act;
to determine that the petitioner is a parent of a child or to determinethat a respondent is a parent of the child.
    (b) In a proceeding to determine paternity, a responding Indianatribunal 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 conferjurisdiction on the court to determine issues of custody, parentingtime, or the surname of a child. However, the parties may stipulateto 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.