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INDIANA STATUTES

RELATING TO CHILD SUPPORT AND PATERNITY

FAMILY LAW: SUPPORT OF CHILDREN AND OTHER DEPENDENTS

Indiana Code 31-16-2 Actions for Child Support

Indiana Code 31-16-3.5 Security to Secure Child Support

Indiana Code 31-16-8 Modification of Child Support or Maintenance Orders

Indiana Code 31-16-9 Method of Payment of Support

Indiana Code 31-16-10 Child Support Payments to Third Parties

Indiana Code 31-16-11 Costs and Attorney's Fees

Indiana Code 31-16-12 Enforcement of Child Support Orders

Indiana Code 31-16-12.5 Seizure of State Income Tax Refunds

Indiana Code 31-14-1.5 Security to Secure Child Support Rights

Indiana Code 31-14-2 Methods of Establishing Paternity

Indiana Code 31-14-3 Rules of Procedure in Paternity Actions

Indiana Code 31-14-4 Parties Entitled to File Paternity Action

Indiana Code 31-14-5 Filing of Paternity Action; Limitations

Indiana Code 31-14-6 Blood Testing in Paternity Actions

Indiana Code 31-18-3 Civil Provisions of General Application

Indiana Code 31-18-4 Establishment of Support Orders

Indiana Code 31-18-5 Direct Enforcement Without Registration

Indiana Code 31-18-6 Enforcement and Modification After Registration

Indiana Code 31-18-7 Paternity Determinations

CRIMINAL LAW: NONSUPPORT

(a) A person who knowingly or intentionally fails to provide support to his dependent child commits nonsupport of a child, a Class D felony. However, the offense is a Class C Felony if the total amount of unpaid support that is due and owing for one or more children is at least fifteen thousand dollars $15,000.

(b) It is a defense that the child had abandoned the home of his family without the consent of his parent or on the order of a court, but it is not a defense that the child had abandoned the home of his family if the cause of the child's leaving was the fault of his parent.

(c) It is a defense that the accused person, in the legitimate practice of his religious belief, provided treatment by spiritual means through prayer, in lieu of medical care, to his dependent child.

(d) It is a defense that the accused person was unable to provide support.

As used in this chapter:

"Dependent" means:

(1) an unemancipated person who is under eighteen (18) years of age; or

(2) a person of any age who has a mental or physical disability.

"Support" means food, clothing, shelter, or medical care.