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Terms Used In Indiana Code 31-12-3-1

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
   Sec. 1. Any court that exercises jurisdiction over domestic relations cases may establish a family relations division of the court.

[Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-1-11.5-19 part.]

As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.4.