Ind. Code § 31-21-2-8

"Home state"

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

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

  1. (1) a parent; or
  2. (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.

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

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