Preservation of court records
Ind. Code § 31-21-4-11
in effectSec. 11. An Indiana court shall preserve the:
(1) pleadings;
(2) orders;
(3) decrees;
(4) records of hearings;
(5) evaluations; and
(6) other pertinent records;
with respect to a child custody proceeding until the child becomes eighteen (18) years of age. On appropriate request by a court or law enforcement official of another state, the Indiana court shall forward a certified copy of the records to the court of the other state.
As added by P.L.138-2007, SEC.45.
Source: Open US Law by Vaquill AI (CC BY 4.0)URL: https://iga.in.gov/laws/2026/ic/titles/31Fetched: 10/17/2026