Ind. Code § 34-26-5-4 – Jurisdiction; venue; prohibition on minimum residency requirement

(a) Any court of record has jurisdiction to issue a civil order for protection.
(b) A petition for an order for protection must be filed in the county in which the:
1. (1) petitioner currently or temporarily resides;
2. (2) respondent resides; or
3. (3) domestic or family violence occurred.
(c) There is no minimum residency requirement to petition for an order for protection.

As added by P.L.133-2002, SEC.56.