1. (a) A person seeking to contest the validity of a registered order must request a hearing not more than twenty (20) days after service of the notice. At the hearing, the court shall confirm the registered order unless the person contesting the registration establishes that:

   1. (1) the issuing court did not have jurisdiction under IC 31-21-5 ;

   2. (2) the child custody determination sought to be registered has been:

      1. (A) vacated;
      2. (B) stayed; or

      3. (C) modified;

         by a court having jurisdiction to do so under IC 31-21-5 ; or

   3. (3) the person contesting registration was entitled to notice, but notice was not given in accordance with the standards of IC 31-21-3-3 in the proceedings before the court that issued the order for which registration is sought.

2. (b) If a timely request for a hearing to contest the validity of the registration is not made:

   1. (1) the registration is confirmed as a matter of law; and
   2. (2) the person requesting registration and each person served must be notified of the confirmation.

3. (c) Confirmation of a registered order whether:

   1. (1) by operation of law; or

   2. (2) after notice and hearing;

      precludes further contest of the order with respect to a matter that may have been asserted at the time of registration.

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