§ 31-18.5-2-1 Personal jurisdiction over nonresident
§ 31-18.5-2-2 Duration of personal jurisdiction
§ 31-18.5-2-3 Initiating and responding tribunal
§ 31-18.5-2-4 Simultaneous proceedings
§ 31-18.5-2-5 Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify child support order
§ 31-18.5-2-6 Continuing jurisdiction to enforce child support order
§ 31-18.5-2-7 Determination of controlling child support order
§ 31-18.5-2-8 Child support orders for two or more obligees
§ 31-18.5-2-9 Credit for payments
§ 31-18.5-2-10 Application to nonresident subject to personal jurisdiction
§ 31-18.5-2-11 Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify spousal support order
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Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 31 > Article 18.5 > Chapter 2 - Jurisdiction

  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Judgment: means all final orders, decrees, and determinations in an action and all orders upon which executions may issue. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the commonwealths, possessions, states in free association with the United States, and the territories. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5