Indiana Code
Ind. Code § 31-14-3-2 (2025)
Venue
✓ 2025 Indiana Code: the 2026 session is not included
Sec. 2. Venue lies in the county in which the child, the mother, or the alleged father resides.
[Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-6-6.1-4.]
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.6.
IC 31-14-4Chapter 4. Parties Entitled to File Paternity Action
31-14-4-1Persons permitted to file action
31-14-4-2Repealed
31-14-4-3Department or prosecuting attorney permitted to
file action
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 2013–2018 · leading case: In re the Paternity of C.B. & S.B. Gregory W. Brown v. Kara Davis, 112 N.E.3d 746 (Ind. Ct. App. 2018).
In re the Paternity of C.B. & S.B. Gregory W. Brown v. Kara Davis, 112 N.E.3d 746 (Ind. Ct. App. 2018). “6 Father asserts that the trial court was required to make findings on each factor in Indiana Code Sections 31-14-3-2 and 31-14-3-2.3, which is also untrue; the statutes require only that the trial court "consider" those factors, and the court specifically stated that it did so…”
In Re: The Paternity of J.K., A.K. v. T.L., No. 02A03-1301-JP-12 (Ind. Ct. App. Oct. 7, 2013). “I.C. § 31-14-3-2. We emphasize that a showing of a change in circumstances regarding one or more of the above factors is not enough to warrant a modification of custody; it must also be proven that modification is in the child’s best interests.”
Term. of Parent-Child Rel. of C.M. & M.M. R.M. & Indiana Dep't of Child Servs., Annette Marion & Kenneth Marion, No. 02A04-1209-JC-468 (Ind. Ct. App. June 18, 2013). “[S]o long as a parent adequately 4 Indiana Code Section 31-14-3-2 pertains to venue in paternity cases.”
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