Guidelines for court when appointing representatives
Sec. 5. The court shall consider the following guidelines in
appointing a person to represent an incompetent or deceased victim:
(1) Any conflict occasioned by the allegation of criminal
conduct that substantially or adversely affected the person.
(2) The person's willingness and ability to do all of the
following:
(A) Work with and accompany the victim through all
proceedings, including criminal, civil, and dependency
proceedings.
(B) Communicate with the victim.
(C) Express the concerns of the victim to those authorized to
come in contact with the victim as a result of the
proceedings.
(3) The person's training, if any, to serve as a representative of
the incompetent victim.
(4) The likelihood of the person being called as a witness in the
criminal case involving the incompetent victim.
As added by P.L.139-1999, SEC.1.
Last modified: May 24, 2006