Indiana Code 31-19-28-4. Jurisdiction
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Terms Used In Indiana Code 31-19-28-4
- 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. 4. The court where an adoption proceeding is pending has jurisdiction over a person if the person’s consent to the adoption taken outside Indiana includes a provision that the person giving the consent to adoption submits to the jurisdiction of the Indiana courts.
[Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-3-1-10(d).]
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.11.