Indiana Code
Ind. Code § 34-11-2-10 (2026)
Enforcement of child support obligations
✓ current as of May 2026
Sec. 10. An action to enforce a child support obligation must be commenced not later than ten (10) years after:
(1) the eighteenth birthday of the child; or
(2) the emancipation of the child;
whichever occurs first.
[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-2-1.6.]
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.6.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 15
cases, 1998–2016 · leading case: Thurman v. Thurman, 777 N.E.2d 41 (Ind. Ct. App. 2002).
Thurman v. Thurman, 777 N.E.2d 41 (Ind. Ct. App. 2002). “This section has since been recodified at Ind.Code § 34-11-2-10 (Burns. Code Ed. Repl.”
Connell v. Welty, 725 N.E.2d 502 (Ind. Ct. App. 2000). “As Connell points out, I.C. § 34-11-2-10 was not in effect when both children were emancipated and the last support payment was due in 1991.”
Dore v. Dore, 782 N.E.2d 1015 (Ind. Ct. App. 2003). “Ind.Code § 34-11-2-10. Thus, a more specific statute of limitations has been enacted to cover actions to enforce child support obligations See Thurman, 777 N.”
Lewis v. Rex Metal Craft, Inc., 831 N.E.2d 812 (Ind. Ct. App. 2005). “, "must be commenced within" six or ten years); Ind.Code § 34-11-2-10 (action to enforce child support obligation "must be commenced" not later than ten years after eighteenth birthday or emancipation); Ind.”
Skolak v. Skolak, 895 N.E.2d 1241 (Ind. Ct. App. 2008). “This specific statute of limitation was recodified in 1998 as Indiana Code section 34-11-2-10, and provides that "an action to enforce a child support obligation must be commenced not later than ten (10) years after: (1) the eighteenth birthday of the child; or (2) the…”
Bell v. Heflin, 383 P.3d 1031 (Wash. 2016). “” Ind. Code § 34-11-2-10 . But Indiana also has a statute that states, “Every judgment and decree of any court .”
Garcia v. Garcia, 789 N.E.2d 993 (Ind. Ct. App. 2003). “Our analysis on appeal was as follows: We observe initially that I.C. § 34-11-2-10 is a recodification of 1.”
In Re Paternity of SJJ, 877 N.E.2d 826 (Ind. Ct. App. 2007). “Code § 34-11-2-10: An action to enforce a child support obligation must be commenced not later than ten (years) after: (1) the eighteenth birthday of the child; or (2) the emancipation of the child; whichever occurs first. S.J.J.'s eighteenth birthday occurred first, on October…”
Trent v. Trent, 829 N.E.2d 81 (Ind. Ct. App. 2005). “2003) (discussing Ind.Code § 34-11-2-10 and Ind.Code § 34-11-1-2 (formerly Ind.”
Est. of Wilson v. Steward, 937 N.E.2d 826 (Ind. Ct. App. 2010). “Code § 34-11-2-8 (real property execution actions "must be commenced within" six or ten years); Ind.”
McKenney v. State, 848 N.E.2d 1127 (Ind. Ct. App. 2006). “, Ind.Code Ann. § 34-11-2-10 (West, PREMISE through 2005 1st Regular Sess.”
State Ex Rel. Albemarle Child Support Enf't Agency Ex Rel. George v. Bray, 503 S.E.2d 686 (N.C. Ct. App. 1998). “6 (1995), amended by Ind. Code Ann. § 34-11-2-10 (1998). Following both UIFSA and FFCCSOA, our courts must apply the statute of limitations of Indiana, not North Carolina, because Indiana’s is the longer of the two.”
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