Ind. Code § 31-21-2-8

Current through P.L. 171-2024
Section 31-21-2-8 - "Home state"

"Home state" means the state in which a child lived with:

(1) a parent; or
(2) a person acting as a parent;

for at least six (6) consecutive months immediately before the commencement of a child custody proceeding. In the case of a child less than six (6) months of age, the term means the state in which the child lived since birth with a parent or person acting as a parent. A period of temporary absence of the parent or person acting as a parent is part of the period.

IC 31-21-2-8

As added by P.L. 138-2007, SEC.45.