Indiana Paternity Law FAQ
Indiana categorizes cases with children born-out-of-wedlock under the heading of paternity cases. The Indiana Code provides an entire Article of the Family Law and Juvenile Law Code for paternity matters (see IC 31-14).
Lacking a marriage is one of the three major differences between divorce (dissolution of marriage) cases and paternity cases. The other differences include the possible involvement of the prosecuting attorney, that only the county juvenile court has jurisdiction over the case, and that property issues have no place in paternity proceedings.
Paternity cases share generally with divorce cases the law on custody, parenting time (visitation), and child support. On my Indiana Divorce & Family Law Blog, you will find articles listed by subject. I broke these topics into child support, child custody, and parenting time/visitation.
For more details, please take a look at my Indiana Divorce & Family Law Blog where I have more articles on paternity.
For those who were living together and who acquired property as well as children, you need to look at the articles on my Indiana Divorce & Family Law Blog under cohabitation.
Lacking a marriage is one of the three major differences between divorce (dissolution of marriage) cases and paternity cases. The other differences include the possible involvement of the prosecuting attorney, that only the county juvenile court has jurisdiction over the case, and that property issues have no place in paternity proceedings.
Paternity cases share generally with divorce cases the law on custody, parenting time (visitation), and child support. On my Indiana Divorce & Family Law Blog, you will find articles listed by subject. I broke these topics into child support, child custody, and parenting time/visitation.
For more details, please take a look at my Indiana Divorce & Family Law Blog where I have more articles on paternity.
For those who were living together and who acquired property as well as children, you need to look at the articles on my Indiana Divorce & Family Law Blog under cohabitation.