Indiana Code
Ind. Code § 31-16-2-4 (2026)
Verified petition; averments
✓ current as of May 2026
Sec. 4. A petition for child support:
(1) must be verified; and
(2) must set forth the following:
(A) The relationship of the parties.
(B) The present residence of each party.
(C) The names and addresses of:
(i) each living child less than nineteen (19) years of age; and
(ii) each incapacitated child;
of the marriage.
(D) The relief sought.
[Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-1-11.5-4(b) part.]
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.206-2015, SEC.48.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 2008–2018 · leading case: Bunch v. Himm, 879 N.E.2d 632 (Ind. Ct. App. 2008).
Bunch v. Himm, 879 N.E.2d 632 (Ind. Ct. App. 2008). “First, in accordance with Ind.Code § 31-16-2-4 a petition seeking child support must be verified.”
Michelle Schum v. Morgan Schum (mem. dec.) (Ind. Ct. App. 2018). “She argues Indiana Code section 31-16-2-4 requires Father’s petition to modify be verified, and in support thereof Mother 4 Mother also claims the trial court did not treat the parties equally because it did not default Father when he failed to appear for a hearing on May 24,…”
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