Indiana Code - Family Law and Juvenile Law - Title 31

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Applicability of definitions Sec. 1. Except as otherwise provided, the definitions in this article apply throughout this title. As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.1. ...

Inapplicability of definitions Sec. 2. Except as otherwise provided, the definitions in this article do not apply to the following: (1) IC 31-11-3. (2) ...

"Abandoned infant" Sec. 0.5. (a) "Abandoned infant", for purposes of IC 31-34-21-5.6, means: (1) a child who is less than twelve (12) months of age ...

"Actual notice" Sec. 1. "Actual notice", for purposes of IC 31-19-3, means written notice that is actually received by the putative father. As added ...

"Adoptee" Sec. 2. "Adoptee", for purposes of IC 31-19-17 through IC 31-19-24, means a person who has been ...

"Adoption" Sec. 3. "Adoption", for purposes of IC 31-19-17 through IC 31-19-24, means the judicial act of creating ...

"Adoption assistance state" Sec. 4. "Adoption assistance state", for purposes of the Interstate Compact on Adoption Assistance under IC 31-19-29, has ...

"Adoption history" Sec. 5. "Adoption history", for purposes of IC 31-19-17 through IC 31-19-24, means: (1) identifying information (as defined in section 54 of this ...

"Adoptive parent" Sec. 6. "Adoptive parent", for purposes of IC 31-19-11 and IC 31-19-17 through IC 31-19-24, means an adult who has become a parent of ...

"Adult" Sec. 7. (a) "Adult", for purposes of IC 31-19-17 through IC 31-19-24, means a person who ...

"Advisory board" Sec. 8. "Advisory board", for purposes of IC 31-31-9, refers to the juvenile detention center advisory board described in IC 31-31-9. As added ...

"Alleged father" Sec. 9. "Alleged father", for purposes of IC 31-14, means any man claiming to be or charged with being a child's biological father. ...

"Birth parent" Sec. 10. "Birth parent", for purposes of IC 31-19-17 through IC 31-19-24, means: (1) the woman who is legally presumed under Indiana law ...

"Caseworker" Sec. 11. "Caseworker", for purposes of the juvenile law, means a child welfare worker of the county office of family and children. As added ...

"Center" Sec. 12. "Center", for purposes of IC 31-31-9, means any secure juvenile detention center that operates in a county containing a consolidated city except ...

"Child" Sec. 13. (a) "Child", for purposes of IC 31-15, IC 31-16 (excluding IC 31-16-12.5), and IC 31-17, ...

"Child abuse or neglect" Sec. 14. (a) "Child abuse or neglect", for purposes of IC 31-32-11-1, IC ...

"Child born in wedlock" Sec. 15. "Child born in wedlock", for purposes of IC 31-19-9, means a child born to: (1) a woman; and ...

"Child born out of wedlock" Sec. 16. "Child born out of wedlock", for purposes of IC 31-19-3, IC 31-19-4-4, and IC 31-19-9, means a child who ...

"Child care provider" Sec. 16.5. "Child care provider", for purposes of IC 31-33-17, has the meaning set forth in IC 31-33-17-0.5. As added by ...

"Child in need of services" Sec. 17. "Child in need of services", for purposes of IC 31-34, means a child described in IC 31-34-1. ...

"Child support guidelines" Sec. 18. "Child support guidelines", for purposes of IC 31-14-11-8 and IC 31-16-8-1, refers to the guidelines adopted by the Indiana supreme court. ...

"Child support order" Sec. 19. "Child support order", for purposes of the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act under IC 31-18, has the meaning set forth in ...

"Child with a disability" Sec. 20. "Child with a disability", for purposes of IC 31-34-1-9, means an individual who: (1) is less than eighteen (18) ...

"Committee" Sec. 21. "Committee", for purposes of IC 31-38, refers to a local coordinating committee established by IC 31-38. As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.1. ...

"Compact" Sec. 22. "Compact", for purposes of IC 31-37-23, has the meaning set forth in IC 31-37-23-2. As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.1. ...

"Conduct a criminal history check" Sec. 22.5. "Conduct a criminal history check", for purposes of IC 12-14-25.5, IC 31-19, IC 31-33, IC 31-34, IC ...

"Contestant" Sec. 23. "Contestant", for purposes of the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Law under IC 31-17-3, has the meaning set forth in IC 31-17-3-2. ...

"Controlled substance" Sec. 24. "Controlled substance", for purposes of the juvenile law, has the meaning set forth in IC 35-48-1. As added by P.L.1-1997, ...

"Council" Sec. 25. "Council", for purposes of IC 31-31-9, refers to the city-county council of the consolidated city within the county. As added by ...

"County office" Sec. 26. "County office", for purposes of the juvenile law, refers to a county office of family and children. As added by ...

"Court" Sec. 27. (a) "Court", for purposes of IC 31-15, IC 31-16, and IC 31-17, means the circuit, superior, or other courts of Indiana upon which ...

"Court appointed special advocate" Sec. 28. "Court appointed special advocate", for purposes of IC 31-15-6, IC 31-17-6, IC 31-19-16, IC 31-19-16.5, and the juvenile law, means ...

"Crime" Sec. 29. "Crime", for purposes of the juvenile law, means an offense for which an adult might be imprisoned or incarcerated if convicted under the ...

"Crime involving domestic or family violence" Sec. 29.5. "Crime involving domestic or family violence" means a crime that occurs when a family or household member commits, ...

Repealed ( Repealed by P.L.234-2005, SEC.192.) ...

"Custodial parent" Sec. 30. "Custodial parent", for purposes of IC 31-14-13-8, IC 31-14-15, IC 31-16-12.5, IC 31-17-2-22, and IC 31-17-4, ...

"Custodian" Sec. 31. (a) "Custodian", for purposes of the juvenile law, means a person with whom a child resides. (b) "Custodian", for purposes of IC ...

"Custody decree" or "decree" Sec. 32. "Custody decree" or "decree", for purposes of the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Law under ...

"Custody determination" Sec. 33. "Custody determination", for purposes of the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Law under IC 31-17-3, has the meaning set forth in IC 31-17-3-2. ...

"Custody proceeding" Sec. 34. "Custody proceeding", for purposes of the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Law under IC 31-17-3, has the meaning set forth in IC 31-17-3-2. ...

"Decree" or "custody decree" Sec. 35. "Decree" or "custody decree", for purposes of the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction ...

"De facto custodian" Sec. 35.5. "De facto custodian", for purposes of IC 31-14-13 and IC 31-17-2, means a person who has been the primary caregiver for, ...

"Delinquent" Sec. 36. (a) "Delinquent", for purposes of IC 31-16-15, refers to a situation in which an obligor is the equivalent of one (1) month in ...

"Delinquent child" Sec. 37. (a) "Delinquent child", for purposes of the juvenile law, except as provided in subsection (b), means: (1) a child described in ...

"Delinquent juvenile" Sec. 38. "Delinquent juvenile", for purposes of the Interstate Compact on Juveniles under IC 31-37-23-1, has the meaning set forth in IC 31-37-23-1. ...

"Department" Sec. 38.5. "Department", for purposes of IC 31-19, IC 31-33, IC 31-34, and IC 31-40, has the meaning set forth in IC 31-33-1.5-1. As ...

"Dependent child" or "neglected child" Sec. 39. "Dependent child" or "neglected child", for purposes of IC 31-37-23, has the meaning set forth in IC 31-37-23-5. ...

"Director" Sec. 40. "Director", for purposes of IC 31-33, IC 31-34, and IC 31-37, refers to the director of the department of child services. As ...

"Dissolution decree" Sec. 41. "Dissolution decree", for purposes of IC 31-15, IC 31-16, and IC 31-17, means a judicial decree entered in a proceeding for the ...

"Division" Sec. 41.2. "Division", for purposes of IC 31-40, means the division of family and children established by IC 12-13-1-1. ...

"Domestic or family violence" Sec. 42. "Domestic or family violence" means, except for an act of self defense, the occurrence of one (1) or more of ...

"Duty of support" Sec. 43. "Duty of support", for purposes of the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act under IC 31-18, has the meaning set forth in ...

"Emergency medical services provider" Sec. 43.5. "Emergency medical services provider" has the meaning set forth in IC 16-41-10-1. ...

"Executive authority" Sec. 44. "Executive authority", for purposes of IC 31-37-23, has the meaning set forth in IC 31-37-23-6. As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.1. ...

"Family or household member" Sec. 44.5. (a) An individual is a "family or household member" of another person if the individual: (1) is a current ...

"Family services" Sec. 45. "Family services", for purposes of the juvenile law, means services provided to: (1) prevent a child from being removed from a ...

"Final separation" Sec. 46. "Final separation", for purposes of IC 31-15-7, means the date of filing of the petition for dissolution of marriage under IC 31-15-2-4 ...

"Foster parent" Sec. 47. "Foster parent", for purposes of the juvenile law, means an individual who provides care and supervision to a child in: (1) ...

"Governor" Sec. 48. "Governor", for purposes of IC 31-18-8 in the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, has the meaning set ...

"Guardian" Sec. 49. "Guardian", for purposes of the juvenile law, means a person appointed by a court to have the care and custody of a child ...

"Guardian ad litem" Sec. 50. "Guardian ad litem", for purposes of IC 31-15-6, IC 31-16-3, IC 31-19-16, IC 31-19-16.5, and the juvenile law, means an ...

"Hard to place child" or "hard to place children" Sec. 51. "Hard to place child" or "hard to place children", for purposes of IC 31-19, means ...

"Health care provider" Sec. 52. "Health care provider", for purposes of IC 31-32-11-1, IC 31-33, IC 31-34-7-4, and IC 31-39-8-4, means any of ...

"Home state" Sec. 53. (a) "Home state", for purposes of the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Law under IC 31-17-3, has the meaning set forth in IC ...

"Identifying information" Sec. 54. "Identifying information", for purposes of IC 31-19-9-6 and IC 31-19-17 through IC 31-19-25, means: (1) any name that a party to ...

"Includes" Sec. 55. "Includes" means includes but is not limited to. As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.1. ...

"Income" Sec. 56. "Income", for purposes of IC 31-16-15, IC 31-16-16, and the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act under IC 31-18, has the meaning set forth ...

"Income payor" Sec. 57. "Income payor", for purposes of IC 31-16-15, IC 31-16-16, and the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act ...

"Income withholding order" Sec. 58. "Income withholding order", for purposes of the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act under IC 31-18, has the meaning set forth in ...

"Indicated" Sec. 58.5. "Indicated", for purposes of IC 31-33-8-12, means facts obtained during an investigation of suspected child abuse or neglect that: (1) provide: ...

"Initial decree" Sec. 59. "Initial decree", for purposes of the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Law under IC 31-17-3, has the meaning set forth in IC 31-17-3-2. ...

"Initiating state" Sec. 60. "Initiating state", for purposes of the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act under IC 31-18, has the meaning set forth in IC 31-18-1-9. ...

"Initiating tribunal" Sec. 61. "Initiating tribunal", for purposes of the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act under IC 31-18, has the ...

"Intake officer" Sec. 62. "Intake officer", for purposes of the juvenile law, means a probation officer or a caseworker who performs ...

"Intended biological parent" Sec. 63. "Intended biological parent", for purposes of sections 126 and 127 of this chapter, means a party to a surrogate agreement who: ...

"Interested person" Sec. 64. "Interested person", for purposes of IC 31-19-20 and IC 31-19-24, means any of the following: (1) An adoptee. (2) A ...

"Issuing state" Sec. 65. "Issuing state", for purposes of the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act under IC 31-18, has the meaning set forth in IC 31-18-1-11. ...

"Issuing tribunal" Sec. 66. "Issuing tribunal", for purposes of the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act under IC 31-18, has the meaning set forth in IC 31-18-1-12. ...

"Joint legal custody" Sec. 67. "Joint legal custody", for purposes of IC 31-17-2-13, IC 31-17-2-14, and IC 31-17-2-15, means that the persons awarded joint custody will ...

"Judge" Sec. 68. "Judge", for purposes of the juvenile law, refers to the judge of the juvenile court. As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.1. ...

"Juvenile" Sec. 69. "Juvenile", for purposes of the Interstate Compact on Juveniles under IC 31-37-23-1, has the meaning set ...

"Juvenile court" Sec. 70. "Juvenile court", for purposes of the juvenile law, refers to a court having juvenile jurisdiction. As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.1. ...

"Juvenile detention facility" Sec. 71. "Juvenile detention facility", for purposes of the juvenile law, means a facility described in IC 31-31-8-2. As added by ...

"Juvenile law" Sec. 72. "Juvenile law" refers to IC 31-30 through IC 31-40. As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.1. ...

"Law" Sec. 73. "Law", for purposes of the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act under IC 31-18, has the meaning set ...

"Law enforcement agency" Sec. 74. "Law enforcement agency", for purposes of IC 31-36, means a governmental agency or department whose principal function ...

"Legal settlement" Sec. 75. "Legal settlement", for purposes of IC 31-34-20-5, IC 31-34-21-10, IC 31-37-19-26, and IC 31-37-20-6, has the meaning ...

"Legend drug" Sec. 76. "Legend drug", for purposes of the juvenile law, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-18-2-199. As added by P.L.1-1997, ...

"Long term foster parent" Sec. 76.5. "Long term foster parent", for purposes of IC 31-34-21-4 and IC 31-34-21-4.5, has the meaning set forth in IC 31-34-21-4.6. ...

"Maternal or paternal grandparent" Sec. 77. "Maternal or paternal grandparent", for purposes of IC 31-17-5, includes: (1) the adoptive parent of the child's parent; ...

"Medical history" Sec. 78. "Medical history", for purposes of IC 31-19-18 through IC 31-19-20, means: (1) a comprehensive report required by IC 31-19-2-7; and ...

"Medical information" Sec. 79. "Medical information", for purposes of IC 31-19-18, IC 31-19-20, and IC 31-19-24, means any information that may affect the medical history of ...

"Member agency" Sec. 80. "Member agency", for purposes of IC 31-38, means: (1) a county office of family and children; (2) a school corporation ...

"Modification decree" Sec. 81. "Modification decree", for purposes of the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Law under IC 31-17-3, has the meaning set forth in IC 31-17-3-2. ...

"Neglected child" or "dependent child" Sec. 82. "Neglected child" or "dependent child", for purposes of IC 31-37-23, has the meaning set forth in IC 31-37-23-5. ...

"Noncustodial parent" Sec. 83. "Noncustodial parent", for purposes of IC 31-14-13-10, IC 31-14-15, and IC 31-17-4, means the parent who is not the custodial parent. ...

"Nonidentifying information" Sec. 84. "Nonidentifying information", for purposes of IC 31-19-18, IC 31-19-21, IC 31-19-23, and IC 31-19-24, means any information, other than a medical history, ...

"Obligee" or "petitioner" Sec. 85. (a) "Obligee", for purposes of IC 31-16-16, means a person who is entitled to receive a payment under a support order. ...

"Obligor" or "respondent" Sec. 86. (a) "Obligor", for purposes of IC 31-16-15 and IC 31-16-16, means an individual who has ...

"Omission" Sec. 87. "Omission", for purposes of IC 31-34-1-2, means an occurrence in which the parent, guardian, or custodian allowed the child of the parent, guardian, ...

"Parent" Sec. 88. "Parent", for purposes of the juvenile law, means a biological or an adoptive parent. Unless otherwise specified, the term includes both parents, regardless ...

"Parenting time" Sec. 88.5. "Parenting time" means the time set aside by a court order for a parent and child to spend together. As ...

"Person" Sec. 89. (a) "Person", for purposes of the juvenile law, means: (1) a human being; (2) a corporation; (3) a limited liability ...

"Person acting as parent" Sec. 90. "Person acting as parent", for purposes of the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Law under IC 31-17-3, has the meaning set ...

"Petitioner" or "obligee" Sec. 91. "Petitioner" or "obligee", for purposes of the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act under IC 31-18, has the meaning set forth in ...

"Physical custody" Sec. 92. "Physical custody", for purposes of the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Law under IC 31-17-3, has the meaning set forth in IC 31-17-3-2. ...

"Plan" Sec. 92.5. (a) "Plan", for purposes of IC 31-34-24, has the meaning set forth in IC 31-34-24-1. (b) "Plan", for purposes of IC 31-37-24, ...

"Pre-adoptive sibling" Sec. 93. "Pre-adoptive sibling", for purposes of: (1) IC 31-19-18; (2) IC 31-19-16.5; and (3) IC 31-19-25; means a sibling ...

"Preliminary inquiry" Sec. 94. "Preliminary inquiry", for purposes of IC 31-34 and IC 31-37, means an informal investigation into the facts and ...

"Premarital agreement" Sec. 95. "Premarital agreement", for purposes of the Uniform Premarital Agreement Act under IC 31-11-3, has the meaning set forth in IC 31-11-3-2. ...

"Prior family law and juvenile law" Sec. 96. "Prior family law and juvenile law", for purposes of IC 31-10, refers to the statutes that are repealed ...

"Probation or parole" Sec. 97. "Probation or parole", for purposes of the Interstate Compact on Juveniles under IC 31-37-23-1, has the meaning set forth in IC ...

"Property" Sec. 98. (a) "Property", for purposes of the Uniform Premarital Agreement Act under IC 31-11-3, has the meaning set forth in IC 31-11-3-3. (b) ...

"Prosecuting attorney" Sec. 99. "Prosecuting attorney", for purposes of the juvenile law, means the prosecuting attorney or the prosecuting attorney's deputy of the judicial circuit where ...

"Putative father" Sec. 100. "Putative father", for purposes of IC 31-19 and IC 31-35-1, means a male of any age who ...

"Reason to believe" Sec. 101. "Reason to believe", for purposes of IC 31-33, means evidence that, if presented to individuals of similar background and training, would ...

"Receiving state" Sec. 102. "Receiving state", for purposes of the Interstate Compact on Juveniles under IC 31-37-23-1, has the meaning ...

"Referring agency" Sec. 103. "Referring agency", for purposes of IC 31-38, means: (1) a juvenile court; (2) a court having civil jurisdiction; (3) ...

"Register" Sec. 104. "Register", for purposes of the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act under IC 31-18, has the meaning set forth in IC 31-18-1-16. ...

"Registering tribunal" Sec. 105. "Registering tribunal", for purposes of the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act under IC 31-18, has the meaning set forth in IC 31-18-1-17. ...

"Registry" Sec. 106. (a) "Registry", for purposes of IC 31-19-5, refers to the putative father registry established by IC 31-19-5-2. (b) "Registry", for purposes of ...

"Relative" Sec. 107. "Relative", for purposes of IC 31-19-18, means: (1) an adoptive or whole blood related parent; (2) a sibling; or (3) ...

"Residence" Sec. 108. "Residence", for purposes of the Interstate Compact on Juveniles under IC 31-37-23-1, has the meaning set forth in IC 31-37-23-1. ...

"Residence state" Sec. 109. "Residence state", for purposes of the Interstate Compact on Adoption Assistance under ...

"Respondent" or "obligor" Sec. 110. "Respondent" or "obligor", for purposes of the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act under IC 31-18, has the meaning set forth in ...

"Responding state" Sec. 111. "Responding state", for purposes of the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act under IC 31-18, has the ...

"Responding tribunal" Sec. 112. "Responding tribunal", for purposes of the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act under IC 31-18, has the meaning set forth in IC 31-18-1-19. ...

"Restrictive placement" Sec. 113. "Restrictive placement", for purposes of IC 31-38, means a residential placement of a child at a residence other than: (1) the ...

"School" Sec. 113.5. "School", for purposes of IC 31-39-2-13.8, means a: (1) public school (including a charter school as defined in IC 20-24-1-4); or ...

"Secure facility" Sec. 114. "Secure facility", for purposes of the juvenile law, means a place of residence, other than a shelter care facility, that prohibits the ...

"Secure private facility" Sec. 115. "Secure private facility", for purposes of the juvenile law, means the following: (1) A facility that is licensed under IC ...

"Sending state" Sec. 116. "Sending state", for purposes of the Interstate Compact on Juveniles under IC 31-37-23-1, has the meaning set forth in IC 31-37-23-1. ...

"Shelter care facility" Sec. 117. "Shelter care facility", for purposes of the juvenile law, means a place of residence that: (1) is licensed under the ...

"Spousal support order" Sec. 118. "Spousal support order", for purposes of the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act under IC 31-18, has the meaning set forth in ...

"State" Sec. 119. (a) "State", for purposes of the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Law under IC 31-17-3, has the meaning set forth in IC 31-17-3-2. ...

"State department" Sec. 120. "State department", for purposes of IC 31-19-5, refers to the state department of health. As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.1. ...

"State registrar" Sec. 121. "State registrar", for purposes of IC 31-19-18 through IC 31-19-25, means the person who: (1) is in charge of the division ...

"Substantially similar law" Sec. 122. "Substantially similar law", for purposes of the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act under IC 31-18, has the meaning set forth in ...

"Substantiated" Sec. 123. "Substantiated", for purposes of IC 31-33, IC 31-34-8-4, and IC 31-37-9-5, means a determination regarding the status of a report made under IC ...

"Support enforcement agency" Sec. 124. "Support enforcement agency", for purposes of the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act under IC 31-18, has the meaning set forth in ...

"Support order" Sec. 125. (a) "Support order", for purposes of IC 31-16-16, means any judgment, decree, or order of child support issued by a court, in ...

"Surrogate" Sec. 126. "Surrogate", for purposes of IC 31-20, means a party to a surrogate agreement who agrees to bear or bears a child that is ...

"Surrogate agreement" Sec. 127. "Surrogate agreement", for purposes of IC 31-20, means an agreement that is entered into before the birth of a child between a ...

"System" Sec. 128. "System", for purposes of IC 31-33-20, refers to the automated child protection system. As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.1. ...

"Team" Sec. 129. (a) "Team", for purposes of IC 31-33-3, refers to a community child protection team appointed under IC 31-33-3. (b) "Team", for purposes ...

"Title IV-D agency" Sec. 130. "Title IV-D agency" means: (1) the bureau of child support established in the department of child services established by IC ...

"Tribunal" Sec. 131. "Tribunal", for purposes of the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act under IC 31-18, has the meaning set forth in IC 31-18-1-25. ...

"Unsubstantiated" Sec. 132. "Unsubstantiated", for purposes of IC 31-33 and IC 31-39-8-4, means a determination regarding the status of a report made ...

"Victim of child abuse or neglect" Sec. 133. (a) "Victim of child abuse or neglect", for purposes of IC 31-32-11-1 and IC 31-33, refers to a ...

"Voluntary information" Sec. 134. "Voluntary information", for purposes of IC 31-19-18, means the information transmitted to the state registrar as provided in IC 31-19-18-3. ...

Purpose of recodification act Sec. 1. The purpose of the recodification act of the 1997 regular session of the general assembly is to recodify prior family ...

Statutory construction Sec. 2. Subject to section 1 of this chapter, sections 3 through 8 of this chapter shall be applied to the statutory construction of ...

Effect on existing rights and liabilities Sec. 3. (a) The recodification act of the 1997 regular session of the general assembly does not affect: (1) ...

Recodification of prior family law and juvenile law Sec. 4. The recodification act of the 1997 regular session of the general assembly shall be construed as ...

References to repealed or replaced statutes Sec. 5. Subject to section 8 of this chapter, a reference in a statute or rule to a statute that ...

References to provisions of recodification act Sec. 6. A citation reference in the recodification act of the 1997 regular session of the general assembly to another ...

References to rules Sec. 7. (a) As used in the recodification act of the 1997 regular session of the general assembly, a reference to rules adopted ...

References to provisions of prior family law and juvenile law Sec. 8. (a) A reference in the recodification act of the 1997 regular session of the ...

Policy and purpose Sec. 1. It is the policy of this state and the purpose of this title to: (1) recognize the importance of family ...

Same sex marriages prohibited Sec. 1. (a) Only a female may marry a male. Only a male may marry a female. (b) A marriage between ...

Marriage to close relative prohibited; marriages between cousins; exceptions Sec. 2. Two (2) individuals may not marry each other if the individuals are more closely related ...

Bigamous marriages prohibited Sec. 3. Two (2) individuals may not marry each other if either individual has a husband or wife who is alive. ...

Minimum age for marriage Sec. 4. Except as provided in section 5 or 6 of this chapter, two (2) individuals may not marry each other ...

Consent to underage marriage Sec. 5. Two (2) individuals may marry each other if: (1) both individuals are at least seventeen (17) years of age; ...

Issuance of marriage license to underage persons; procedure; confidentiality of records Sec. 6. (a) Two (2) individuals may marry each other if: ...

Necessity of consent to marry Sec. 1. Except as provided in section 3 of this chapter, each individual who is less than eighteen (18) years of ...

Execution of consent to marry Sec. 2. (a) A consent to marry under this chapter must be signed and verified in the presence of the clerk ...

Issuance of marriage license to minor not obtaining required consent; procedure Sec. 3. (a) An individual who is less than eighteen (18) years of age may ...

Applicability of chapter Sec. 1. This chapter applies to a premarital agreement executed on or after July 1, 1995. As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.3. ...

"Premarital agreement" defined Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "premarital agreement" means an agreement between prospective spouses that: (1) is executed in contemplation of ...

"Property" defined Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "property" means an interest, present or future, legal or equitable, vested or contingent, in real and personal ...

Agreement must be in writing; consideration not required Sec. 4. A premarital agreement must be in writing and signed by both parties. The agreement is enforceable ...

Content; child support unaffected Sec. 5. (a) Parties to a premarital agreement may contract with each other regarding the following matters: (1) The rights and ...

Effective date Sec. 6. A premarital agreement becomes effective upon marriage. As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.3. ...

Amendment or revocation must be in writing; consideration not required Sec. 7. After marriage, a premarital agreement may be amended or revoked only by a written ...

Enforceability of agreement Sec. 8. (a) A premarital agreement is not enforceable if a party against whom enforcement is sought proves that: (1) the party ...

Effect of void marriage Sec. 9. If a marriage is determined to be void, an agreement that would otherwise have been a premarital agreement is enforceable ...

Tolling of statute of limitations during marriage; equitable defenses Sec. 10. Any statute of ...

Marriage license required to marry Sec. 1. Before two (2) individuals may marry each other, the individuals must obtain a marriage license under this chapter. ...

Prerequisites for issuance of marriage license Sec. 2. A clerk of a circuit court may not issue a marriage license unless the individuals who apply for ...

County of residence or solemnization; place to obtain license Sec. 3. Individuals who intend to marry must obtain a marriage license from the clerk of the ...

Application; sexually transmitted diseases acknowledgment; religious objections Sec. 4. (a) An application for a marriage license must be written and verified. The application must contain the ...

Distribution of information concerning dangerous communicable diseases that are sexually transmitted Sec. 5. (a) The clerk of the circuit court shall distribute to marriage license ...

Proof of birth date Sec. 6. Each individual who applies for a marriage license must submit to the clerk of the circuit court: (1) a ...

Birth date information required for issuance of marriage license Sec. 7. A clerk of a circuit court or a deputy of the clerk may not issue ...

Filing of consent to marry; entry of notice of filing Sec. 8. If a written consent is required by IC 31-11-2, a clerk of a circuit ...

Expiration of application Sec. 9. An application for a marriage license expires sixty (60) days after the application is filed with the clerk of the circuit ...

Expiration of license Sec. 10. A marriage license expires sixty (60) days after the license is issued unless a marriage is solemnized under the license within ...

Conditions precluding issuance of marriage license Sec. 11. A clerk of a circuit court may not issue a marriage license if either of the individuals who ...

Refusal to issue marriage license; notice; hearing; finding; costs Sec. 12. (a) If it appears that two (2) individuals do not have a right to a ...

Duty to present marriage license to individual authorized to solemnize marriages Sec. 13. Individuals who intend to marry ...

Marriage license as authorization of solemnization of marriage Sec. 14. A marriage license that is issued under this chapter is the legal authority for an individual ...

Marriage certificates Sec. 15. Each marriage license must have two (2) certificates attached to the license. The state department of health shall prescribe a uniform form ...

Completion, disposition, filing, and recording of marriage certificates and marriage licenses Sec. 16. (a) The individual who solemnizes a marriage shall do the following: (1) ...

Failure to file marriage certificates and marriage licenses; declaratory order upon proof of marriage; legal effect; recording requirements Sec. ...

Marriage records, forms, and indexes Sec. 18. (a) The clerk of the circuit court shall forward marriage records to the state department of health on at ...

Public inspection of statistical data from marriage records Sec. 19. Statistical data derived from records of marriages are open to public inspection. As added ...

Repealed ( Repealed by P.L.41-2005, SEC.2.) ...

Persons authorized to solemnize marriages Sec. 1. Marriages may be solemnized by any of the following: (1) A member of the clergy of a religious ...

Abolition of legal disabilities of married women to make contracts Sec. 1. All legal disabilities of a married woman to make contracts are abolished. ...

Married women's property rights Sec. 2. A married woman has the same rights concerning real and personal property that an unmarried woman has. As ...

Tort liability of married women Sec. 3. A married woman is liable for torts committed by the woman. As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.3. ...

Husband's immunity for wife's contracts or torts Sec. 4. A husband is not liable for the contracts or torts of his wife. As added ...

Marriages void without legal proceedings Sec. 1. A marriage that is solemnized in Indiana and is void under section 2, 3, or 5 of ...

Prior existing marriage Sec. 2. A marriage is void if either party to the marriage had a wife or husband who was living when the marriage ...

Marriage to close relative; marriages between cousins; exceptions Sec. 3. A marriage is void if the parties to the marriage are more closely related than second ...

Mentally incompetent persons Sec. 4. A marriage is void if either party to the marriage was mentally incompetent when the marriage was solemnized. As ...

Common law marriages entered into after January 1, 1958 Sec. 5. A marriage is void if the marriage is a common law marriage that was entered ...

Foreign marriage solemnized between Indiana residents to evade Indiana law Sec. 6. A marriage is void if the parties to the marriage: (1) are residents ...

Actions to annul voidable marriages Sec. 1. Actions to annul voidable marriages under this chapter are governed by IC 31-11-10. As added by P.L.1-1997, ...

Incapacity to marry because of age or mental incompetence Sec. 2. A marriage is voidable if a party to the marriage was incapable because of age ...

Fraud Sec. 3. A marriage is voidable if the marriage was brought about through fraud on the part of one (1) of the parties to the ...

Action by party incapable of contracting marriage because of age or mental incompetence Sec. 1. (a) This section applies to a marriage that is voidable under ...

Action by victim of fraud; defense Sec. 2. (a) This section applies to a marriage that is voidable under IC 31-11-9-3 on the ground that the ...

Jurisdiction Sec. 3. A circuit or superior court has jurisdiction over actions to annul voidable marriages under this chapter. As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.3. ...

Procedure Sec. 4. An action to annul a voidable marriage under this chapter must be conducted in accordance with IC 31-15. As added by ...

False information in marriage license application Sec. 1. A person who knowingly furnishes false information to a clerk of the circuit court when the person applies ...

False information in verified written consent Sec. 2. A person who knowingly furnishes false information in a verified written consent under IC 31-11-2 commits a Class ...

False information concerning applicant's physical condition Sec. 3. An applicant for a marriage license who knowingly furnishes false information concerning the applicant's physical ...

Acceptance of false information concerning applicant's physical condition Sec. 4. A clerk of the circuit court or a deputy of the clerk who issues a license ...

Solemnization of marriage in violation of this article Sec. 5. A person who: (1) is authorized to solemnize marriages by IC 31-11-6; and (2) ...

Attempt to solemnize marriage by person not authorized to solemnize marriages Sec. 6. A person who: (1) ...

Solemnization of marriage between persons prohibited from marrying Sec. 7. A person who knowingly solemnizes ...

Failure to timely file marriage license and duplicate marriage certificate Sec. 8. A person who: (1) solemnizes a marriage; and (2) fails to file ...

Determination of necessity to establish court Sec. 1. (a) This chapter applies only in judicial circuits in which the judges of the superior and circuit courts ...

Designation of judges; sessions of court Sec. 2. In judicial circuits having at least three (3) judges of the superior court, the judges of the superior ...

Designation of court Sec. 3. Each court exercising the jurisdiction conferred by this chapter may be designated as a domestic relations court. As added ...

Jurisdiction; supplemental powers Sec. 4. (a) Whenever a domestic relations court is established under this chapter, the domestic relations court has jurisdiction over all proceedings in ...

Absence or inability of judge to perform duties; appointment of substitute Sec. 5. (a) If a judge appointed to act as judge of the domestic relations ...

Duty of clerk of judicial circuit court to file cases in domestic relations court Sec. 6. The clerk of the courts in a judicial circuit in ...

Forms of action; caption Sec. 7. The forms of action for: (1) dissolution of marriage; (2) annulment; (3) separation; (4) child support; ...

Petition invoking jurisdiction for reconciliation or amicable settlement Sec. 8. Before the filing of an action for dissolution of marriage, ...

Appointment of referees, counselors, assistants, and clerks; compensation; expenses Sec. 9. (a) In each of the judicial circuits in which this ...

Referee's duties Sec. 10. A domestic relations referee shall perform such duties as the judge of the domestic relations court assigns to the referee. ...

Counselor's duties Sec. 11. A domestic relations counselor shall, when directed by the judge of any domestic relations court, perform the following duties in domestic relations ...

Director of domestic relations counseling Sec. 12. The judge of a domestic relations court may appoint from among the domestic relations counselors one (1) counselor to ...

Counseling service not condonation of acts constituting grounds for dissolution of marriage Sec. 13. The: (1) use of counseling service provided under this chapter; and ...

Private counseling proceedings; confidential communications Sec. 14. (a) All counseling: (1) proceedings; (2) interviews; and (3) conferences; shall be held in private. ...

Setting cause for hearing Sec. 15. If after a reasonable time it appears that the use of counseling services under this chapter is not effective, the ...

Court of record Sec. 16. (a) This section does not apply to counseling proceedings, interviews, conferences, and communications that ...

Application of law Sec. 1. This chapter applies only to the following: (1) A judicial circuit in which there is located a consolidated city and ...

Creation Sec. 2. For: (1) any judicial circuit in which there is located a consolidated city, the judges described in section 1(1) of this chapter ...

Order compelling party to cooperate in counseling services Sec. 3. A judge may order either or both parties in a domestic relations proceeding to: (1) ...

Actions and proceedings in which counseling services shall be provided; referrals Sec. 4. (a) A domestic relations counseling bureau shall provide counseling service to the parties ...

Appointment of referees, counselors, assistants, clerks, and other personnel; compensation; expenses Sec. 5. (a) The judges described in section 1(1) of this chapter and the judge ...

Duties of bureau Sec. 6. The domestic relations counseling bureau shall perform the following duties in domestic relations cases and such other duties as the judges ...

Counseling service not condonation of acts constituting grounds for divorce or dissolution of marriage Sec. 7. The: (1) use of counseling service provided under this ...

Private counseling proceedings; confidential communications Sec. 8. (a) All counseling: (1) proceedings; (2) interviews; and (3) conferences; shall be held in private. ...

Majority decision of judges Sec. 9. The judges in carrying out this chapter must act by a majority of all their number. As added ...

Rules; special orders Sec. 10. The judges described in section 1(1) of this chapter and the judge described in section 1(2) of this chapter shall establish ...

Gifts and donations Sec. 11. The domestic relations counseling bureau may receive gifts and donations from private sources under approval of the judges or the judge ...

Incorporation of records and property of marriage counseling service into bureau's service Sec. 12. In a circuit or county that has a marriage counseling service paid ...

Establishment Sec. 1. Any court that exercises jurisdiction over domestic relations cases may establish a family relations division of ...

Persons authorized to administer division Sec. 2. The family relations division may be administered by: (1) the community mental health center; (2) a managed ...

Services offered by division; conciliation procedures Sec. 3. The family relations division shall offer counseling and related services to persons before the court. Conciliation procedures are ...

Parties to marriage more closely related than second cousins Sec. 1. If a marriage is void because the parties to the marriage are more closely ...

Bigamous marriages Sec. 2. If: (1) a marriage is void because either of the parties to the marriage has a living husband or wife; and ...

Child of annulled marriage Sec. 3. A child of a marriage that is annulled under IC 31-11-10 (or IC 31-7-7 before its repeal) is considered to ...

Petition to establish whether child was born in wedlock; notice; hearing; determination; review Sec. 1. (a) A person interested in establishing whether a child was born ...

Finality of determination; subsequent review on petition of defendant less than 18 years of age at time of determination Sec. ...

Child of common law marriage consummated before January 2, 1958 Sec. 3. A child of a common law marriage that was consummated before January 2, 1958, ...

Law governing termination Sec. 1. The termination of a parent-child relationship is governed by IC 31-35. As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.5. ...

Public policy regarding establishment of paternity Sec. 1. The general assembly favors the public policy of establishing ...

Bonds; requirements Sec. 1. A bond required under this article to secure the obligation of child support, enforcement of a custody order, or enforcement of a ...

Bonds; form Sec. 2. A bond described in section 1 of this chapter may be prepared in substantially the following form: STATE OF INDIANA ) ...

Forfeiture; use of proceeds Sec. 3. Upon forfeiture, the proceeds of the security, a bond, or other guarantee ordered to secure the obligation of child support, ...

Forfeiture; excess proceeds Sec. 4. Upon forfeiture, the proceeds of the security, a bond, or other guarantee ordered to secure the obligation of child support, enforcement ...

Exclusive methods of establishing paternity Sec. 1. A man's paternity may only be established: (1) in an action under this article; or (2) by ...

Application of Indiana Rules of Civil Procedure Sec. 1. The Indiana Rules of Civil Procedure apply to paternity actions. As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.6. ...

Venue Sec. 2. Venue lies in the county in which the child, the mother, or the alleged father resides. As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.6. ...

Persons permitted to file action Sec. 1. A paternity action may be filed by the following persons: (1) The mother or expectant mother. (2) ...

Prosecuting attorney to file action and represent child Sec. 2. (a) Upon the request of: (1) the child; (2) the mother or expectant mother; ...

Division or county office of family and children may file action Sec. 3. The division of family and children or a county office of family and ...

Verification of petition; caption Sec. 1. Each petition in a paternity action must: (1) be verified; and (2) be captioned "In the Matter of ...

Petition by minors and incompetent persons; time for filing petition; tolling of limitations during period of incompetency Sec. ...

Time for filing action Sec. 3. (a) This section does not apply to an action filed by the division of family and children or its agents ...

Action by division or county office of family and children furnishing public assistance; time for filing action Sec. 4. If: (1) ...

Action to be filed during lifetime or within five months of death of alleged father Sec. 5. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, an action ...

Necessary parties Sec. 6. The child, the child's mother, and each person alleged to be the father are necessary parties to each action. As ...

Registration with putative father registry Sec. 7. A man who files or is a party to a paternity action shall register with the putative father registry ...

Action not barred by child's death or stillbirth or mother's death Sec. 8. An action not otherwise barred is not barred by: (1) the death ...

Blood or genetic testing Sec. 1. Upon the motion of any party, the court shall order all of the parties to a paternity action to undergo ...

Objections and admissibility Sec. 2. A party may object to the admissibility of genetic test results obtained under section 1 of this chapter (or IC 31-6-6.1-8(a) ...

Test results; effect; admissibility Sec. 3. The results of the tests and the finding of the expert: (1) constitute conclusive evidence if the results and ...

Costs of blood or genetic testing Sec. 4. If the state or a political subdivision of the state pays the initial costs of blood testing or ...

Chain of custody of blood or genetic specimens taken for testing Sec. 5. The chain of custody of blood or genetic specimens taken for testing may ...

Presumptions; child's biological father Sec. 1. A man is presumed to be a child's biological father if: (1) the: (A) man and the child's ...

Rebuttable presumption; child's biological father Sec. 2. (a) If there is not a presumed biological father under section 1 or 1.5 of this chapter, there is ...

Paternity affidavits Sec. 3. A man is a child's legal father if the man executed a paternity affidavit in accordance with IC 16-37-2-2.1 ...

Finding of paternity without hearing Sec. 1. The court may enter a finding that a man is the child's biological father without first holding a hearing ...

Default order against alleged father failing to appear at hearing Sec. 2. If a man who is the alleged father in a paternity action under this ...

Repealed ( Repealed by P.L.257-1997(ss) , SEC.40.) ...

Continuance of final hearing Sec. 4. Upon the request of any party, the court shall grant a continuance of the final paternity hearing until after the ...

Preparation of record of paternity determination Sec. 1. Upon a finding that a man is a child's biological father, the clerk of the court ...

Submission to department Sec. 2. Not later than the tenth day of each month, the clerk of the court shall forward to the state department of ...

Hearing to determine support, custody and parenting time following initial determination of paternity; order to probation officer or caseworker to prepare ...

Consultation with probation officer or caseworker; referral of child for evaluation Sec. 2. The probation officer or caseworker may do the following: (1) Consult with ...

Findings and orders without hearing Sec. 3. The court may make findings and orders without holding the hearing required by section 1 of this chapter if: ...

Issuance of paternity and child support order upon execution of paternity affidavit Sec. 1. If: (1) a paternity affidavit is executed under IC 16-37-2-2.1; and ...

Temporary order for child support Sec. 1.1. In a paternity proceeding, the court shall issue a temporary order for child ...

Support order; relevant factors; account at financial institution Sec. 2. (a) The court may order either or both parents to pay any reasonable amount for child ...

Expenses for child's higher education and health care; Title IV-D fees Sec. 3. (a) Where appropriate, the support order may include: (1) money for the ...

Higher education expenses; reduction of other child support Sec. 4. If the court orders support for a child's educational expenses at an institution of higher learning ...

Date for support obligation to begin Sec. 5. The support order: (1) may include the period dating from the birth of the child; and ...

Setting aside parent's property Sec. 6. The court may set aside any portion of either parent's property that may be necessary and proper for the support ...

Security, bond, or guarantee of obligation Sec. 7. The court may provide in: (1) a support order; or (2) modification of a support order; ...

Modification or revocation of support order Sec. 8. A support order may be modified or revoked upon a showing: (1) of a substantial change in ...

Support payments to appropriate person or agency Sec. 9. The court may order that support payments be made to any appropriate person or agency. ...

Use of support exclusively for child's benefit; Title IV-D disbursements and fees Sec. 10. Support payments may be used only for the benefit of the child. ...

Clerk as trustee for remittance Sec. 11. The court shall require that support payments be made through the clerk of the court or the child support ...

Forwarding of payments to Title IV-D agency Sec. 12. (a) If the clerk of the court is notified by the Title IV-D agency or the agency's ...

Records; accounting Sec. 13. (a) The clerk shall maintain records listing the following: (1) The amount of child support payments. (2) The date when ...

Duty to furnish Social Security number and employer information Sec. 14. The custodial parent and the noncustodial parent shall furnish the following information to the clerk ...

Notice of change of address, federal assistance, and other conditions affecting support order Sec. 15. At the time of ...

Duty of noncustodial parent to furnish employer and health insurance information and Social Security number Sec. 16. In ...

Funeral expenses Sec. 17. If the child dies while a support order is in effect, the court may order either or both parents to pay reasonable ...

Termination of child support Sec. 18. The duty to support a child under this article (or IC ...

Effect of child's emancipation or death of parent obligated to pay support Sec. 19. Unless otherwise agreed in writing or expressly provided in the order, provisions ...

Death of parent obligated to pay support; modification or revocation of support Sec. 20. Subject to section 19 of this ...

Claim against parent's estate Sec. 21. Child support that: (1) the parent was obligated to pay; and (2) has not been paid at the ...

Collection of arrearages Sec. 22. The obligation of a person to pay child support arrearages does not terminate when the person's duty to support a child ...

Termination of child support obligation; fraud or mistake of fact Sec. 23. If a court vacates or has vacated a man's paternity of a child based ...

Accounting of future expenditures Sec. 24. After a proper showing of necessity, the court may order the person receiving child support to provide an accounting of ...

Delinquent child support payments; interest charges Sec. 1. (a) A court may, upon application by a person or an agency entitled to receive child support payments ...

Enforcement of judgment; income withholding order Sec. 2. Upon application for enforcement of a support order, the court may: (1) enforce a ...

State income tax setoff; delinquent child support Sec. 2.5. (a) This section does not apply to a support order entered in a Title IV-D case. ...

Contempt Sec. 3. (a) If the court finds that a party is delinquent as a result of an intentional violation of an order for support, the ...

Suspension of delinquent person's driving privileges Sec. 4. If a court finds that a person is delinquent (as defined in IC 12-17-2-1.5) as a result of ...

Suspension or denial of delinquent person's professional license Sec. 5. If a court finds that a person who is an applicant (as defined in IC 25-1-1.2-1), ...

Suspension of delinquent person's horse racing commission or gaming commission license Sec. 6. If a court finds that a person who holds a license issued under ...

Suspension, denial, or nonrenewal of delinquent person's insurance, recovery, or bail agent's license Sec. 7. If a court finds that a person who holds a license ...

Provision of information regarding delinquent person to licensing authority Sec. 8. The Title IV-D agency shall provide the full name, date of birth, verified address, and ...

Payment of arrearage; stay of order to licensing authority Sec. 9. Notwithstanding section 4, 5, 6, or 7 of this chapter, the court may stay issuance ...

Sole legal custody in biological mother; exceptions Sec. 1. A biological mother of a child born out of wedlock has sole legal custody of the child, ...

Factors of custody determination Sec. 2. The court shall determine custody in accordance with the best interests of the child. In determining the child's best interests, ...

Consideration of de facto custodian factors Sec. 2.5. (a) This section applies only if the court finds by clear and convincing evidence that the child has ...

Interview of child in chambers Sec. 3. (a) The court may interview the child in chambers to ascertain the child's wishes. (b) The court may ...

Authority of custodial parent to determine child's upbringing Sec. 4. The custodial parent may determine the child's upbringing, which includes education, health care, and religious training, ...

Supervision of placement Sec. 5. The court may order the probation department, the county office of family and children, or any licensed child placing agency to ...

Modification of child custody order Sec. 6. The court may not modify a child custody order unless: (1) modification is in the best interests of ...

Security, bond, or guarantee Sec. 6.5. The court may provide in: (1) a custody order; or (2) a modification of a custody order; ...

Security, bond, or guarantee; determinations Sec. 6.7. (a) The court shall consider requiring security, a bond, or another guarantee under section 6.5 of this chapter if ...

Determination; factors considered Sec. 7. In making a determination, the court shall consider the factors listed under section 2 of this chapter. As added ...

Custody modification proceeding; violation of injunction or temporary restraining order as factor Sec. 8. An intentional violation by a custodial parent of an injunction ...

Custody modification proceeding; admissible evidence Sec. 9. In a proceeding for a custody modification, the court may not hear evidence on a matter occurring before the ...

Notice of intent to move residence Sec. 10. If an individual who has been awarded custody of a child under this chapter (or IC 31-6-6.1-11 before ...

Notice of passport application for child Sec. 11. (a) If any party to a custody order applies for a passport for the child, the party who ...

Parenting time rights of noncustodial parent; in chambers interview of child Sec. 1. (a) A noncustodial parent ...

Modification or denial of parenting time Sec. 2. The court may modify an order granting or denying parenting time rights whenever modification would serve the best ...

Security, bond, or guarantee Sec. 2.5. The court may provide in: (1) a parenting time order; or (2) a modification of a parenting time ...

Grant or denial of visitation rights to noncustodial parent; effect on visitation rights of grandparent Sec. 3. An order granting or denying ...

Missed parenting time; noncustodial parent in military Sec. 4. A noncustodial parent who misses parenting time as the result of participation in an activity of: ...

Supervised parenting time; conviction of crime involving domestic violence Sec. 5. (a) This section applies if a court finds that a noncustodial parent has been convicted ...

Parenting time rights; permanent injunction against custodial parent Sec. 1. A noncustodial parent who: (1) has been granted parenting time rights with a child who ...

Parenting time rights; temporary restraining order against custodial parent Sec. 2. (a) If: (1) an application for an injunction ...

Security Sec. 3. (a) This section does not apply to an order under IC 31-14-11-7, IC 31-14-13-6.5, or ...

Remedies for contempt Sec. 4. A court that finds a violation without justifiable cause by a custodial parent of an injunction or a temporary restraining order ...

Additional remedies Sec. 5. The remedies in this chapter are in addition to and do not limit other civil or criminal remedies available to the noncustodial ...

Protective order; procedure Sec. 1. A parent may request a court to issue a protective order against the other parent to prevent domestic or family violence ...

Repealed ( Repealed by P.L.133-2002, SEC.69.) ...

Repealed ( Repealed by P.L.133-2002, SEC.69.) ...

Repealed ( Repealed by P.L.133-2002, SEC.69.) ...

Repealed ( Repealed by P.L.133-2002, SEC.69.) ...

Repealed ( Repealed by P.L.133-2002, SEC.69.) ...

Repealed ( Repealed by P.L.133-2002, SEC.69.) ...

Repealed ( Repealed by P.L.133-2002, SEC.69.) ...

Expenses of mother's pregnancy and childbirth Sec. 1. The court shall order the father to pay at least fifty percent (50%) of the reasonable and necessary ...

Expenses of medical tests Sec. 1. The court may tax as costs the reasonable expenses of any medical tests authorized under IC 31-14-6 (or IC 31-6-6.1-8 ...

Costs of maintaining action and attorney's fees Sec. 2. (a) The court may order a party to pay: (1) a reasonable amount for the cost ...

Full faith and credit to paternity determination by foreign jurisdiction Sec. 1. A court or Title IV-D agency shall give full ...

Duty to register Sec. 1. (a) This section does not apply to a man whose paternity is established under this article (or IC 31-6-6.1 before its ...

Failure to register; effect on parental rights in adoption proceedings Sec. 2. (a) A man who fails to register with the putative father registry as required ...

Applicability of IC 31-14-21-1 through IC 31-14-21-7 Sec. 1. Sections 1 through 7 of this chapter apply if a man who files or is a party ...

Nonapplicability of IC 31-14-21-1 through IC 31-14-21-7 Sec. 2. Sections 1 through 7 of this chapter do not apply to a man whose paternity of a ...

Putative father's notice of paternity action; notice to attorney or agency in adoption proceedings Sec. 3. A putative father shall give notice of the paternity action ...

Putative father's notice of paternity action; notice to clerk having jurisdiction over adoption Sec. 4. A putative father who has not been served with notice of ...

Content of notice Sec. 5. The notice required by sections 3 and 4 of this chapter must include: (1) the name of the court; ...

Failure to provide notice; intervention by adoptive parents Sec. 6. If: (1) a putative father fails to provide notice under section 3 or 4 of ...

Failure to provide notice; vacation of paternity determination; intervention by adoptive parents Sec. 7. If the court has already established the paternity of a father who ...

Intervention by adoptive parents; purposes of intervention; objections to errors in paternity proceedings Sec. 8. (a) If: (1) an adoption of ...

Duty of court with jurisdiction to establish paternity within period prescribed by chapter Sec. 9. (a) Subject to IC 31-19-2-14, if a court presiding over a ...

Duty of court to order blood or genetic testing Sec. 9.1. (a) At the initial hearing held under section 9 of this chapter, the court shall ...

Final hearing to determine paternity and ruling Sec. 9.2. Not later than ninety (90) days after the initial hearing held under section 9 of this chapter, ...

Repealed ( Repealed by P.L.200-1999, SEC.34.) ...

Repealed ( Repealed by P.L.200-1999, SEC.34.) ...

Repealed ( Repealed by P.L.200-1999, SEC.34.) ...

Construction and application of article Sec. 1. This article shall be construed and applied to promote the purposes and policies of this article. As ...

Purposes and policies of article Sec. 2. The purposes and policies of this article are as follows: (1) To abolish the existing grounds for absolute ...

Applicability of Indiana Rules of Civil Procedure Sec. 1. Proceedings under this article must comply with the Indiana Rules of Civil Procedure. As added ...

Cause of action established Sec. 2. A cause of action for dissolution of marriage is established. ...

Grounds for decree Sec. 3. Dissolution of marriage shall be decreed upon a finding by a court of one (1) of the following grounds and no ...

Caption Sec. 4. A proceeding for dissolution of marriage is commenced by the filing of a petition entitled, "In Re the marriage of _________ and ...

Verified petition; averments Sec. 5. A petition for dissolution of marriage must: (1) be verified; and (2) set forth the following: (A) The ...

Residence Sec. 6. (a) At the time of the filing of a petition under section 4 of this chapter, at least one (1) of the parties ...

Venue; legal separation proceeding pending or order in effect; disposition Sec. 7. (a) A petition or counter petition for dissolution of marriage must be filed in ...

Service of petition and summons Sec. 8. Whenever a petition is filed, a copy of the petition, including a copy of a summons, shall be served ...

Responsive pleading or counter petition Sec. 9. A responsive pleading or a counter petition may be filed under this chapter. As added by P.L.1-1997, ...

Final hearing Sec. 10. Except as provided in sections 13 and 14 of this chapter, in an action for a dissolution of marriage under section 2 ...

Final hearing; action for legal separation pending when action for dissolution of marriage filed Sec. 11. If a petition has been filed ...

Motion to dismiss by party who filed action; counter petition; hearing Sec. 12. (a) This section applies if a party who filed an action for dissolution ...

Summary dissolution decree Sec. 13. At least sixty (60) days after a petition is filed in an action for dissolution of marriage under section 2 of ...

Bifurcation of issues; summary disposition orders Sec. 14. (a) The court may bifurcate the issues in an action for dissolution of marriage filed under section 2 ...

Final hearing; evidence; dissolution decree; continuance; motion for dissolution Sec. 15. (a) At the final hearing on a petition for dissolution of marriage the court shall ...

Dissolution decree; scope; finality; remarriage pending appeal Sec. 16. (a) The court shall enter a dissolution decree: (1) when the court has made the findings ...

Agreements Sec. 17. (a) To promote the amicable settlements of disputes that have arisen or may arise between the parties to a marriage attendant upon the ...

Name change of woman Sec. 18. A woman who desires the restoration of her maiden or previous married name must set out the name she desires ...

Applicability of Indiana Rules of Civil Procedure Sec. 1. Proceedings under this article must comply with the Indiana Rules of Civil Procedure. As added ...

Cause of action established Sec. 2. A cause of action for legal separation is established. As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.7. ...

Findings required for decree Sec. 3. Legal separation shall be decreed upon a finding by a court: (1) that conditions in or circumstances of the ...

Caption; verified petition; averments Sec. 4. A proceeding for legal separation is commenced by the filing of a petition entitled, "In Re the legal separation of ...

Dissolution of marriage action; provisional order or decree as bar to legal separation proceeding Sec. 5. A proceeding may not be commenced under section 4 of ...

Residence Sec. 6. (a) At the time of the filing of a petition for legal separation under section 4 of this chapter, at least one ...

Service of petition and summons Sec. 7. Whenever a petition is filed, a copy of the petition, including a copy of a summons, shall be served ...

Responsive pleading or counter petition Sec. 8. A responsive pleading or a counter petition may be filed under this chapter. As added by P.L.1-1997, ...

Decree; term; findings Sec. 9. In an action for legal separation under section 2 of this chapter, the court may grant a decree for a separation ...

Scope of decree Sec. 10. A decree under this chapter may include orders as provided in this article. As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.7. ...

Maintenance Sec. 11. A decree under this chapter may not include a maintenance provision that extends beyond ...

Motions Sec. 1. (a) In an action for dissolution of marriage under IC 31-15-2 or legal separation under ...

Supporting affidavit Sec. 2. Except for a protective order under section 1 of this chapter, the motion must be accompanied by an affidavit setting forth the ...

Motion for temporary restraining order Sec. 3. As a part of a motion for temporary maintenance, for support or custody of a child, or for possession ...

Hearing of motions Sec. 4. The motion for temporary maintenance, support or custody of a child, or possession of property under section 1 of this chapter ...

Preliminary hearing of petition for temporary support or custody of child Sec. 5. The court shall immediately schedule a preliminary hearing ...

Determination Sec. 6. The court shall determine: (1) after the hearing; and (2) not later than twenty-one (21) days after the petition is filed; ...

Temporary restraining order Sec. 7. The court may issue a temporary restraining order if the court finds on the basis of the moving party's affidavit that ...

Temporary orders Sec. 8. (a) The court may issue an order for temporary maintenance or support in such ...

Counseling Sec. 9. The court may require the parties to seek counseling for themselves or for a child of the parties under such terms and ...

Joint counseling Sec. 10. The court may not require joint counseling of the parties under section 9 of this chapter: (1) without the consent of ...

Change of venue or change from judge; effect on jurisdiction Sec. 11. The filing by either party of a motion for change of venue or change ...

Change of venue or change from judge; effect on provisional orders Sec. 12. If the court grants a change of venue or change from the judge ...

Provisional order; rights not prejudiced Sec. 13. The issuance of a provisional order is without prejudice to the rights of the parties or the child ...

Provisional order; termination Sec. 14. A provisional order terminates when: (1) the final decree is entered subject to right of appeal; or (2) the ...

Provisional order; revocation or modification Sec. 15. The terms of a provisional order may be revoked or modified before the final decree on ...

Repealed ( Repealed by P.L.133-2002, SEC.69.) ...

Repealed ( Repealed by P.L.133-2002, SEC.69.) IC 31-15-5-11 Repealed ( Repealed by P.L.133-2002, SEC.69.) ...

Appointment Sec. 1. A court in a proceeding under this article may appoint: (1) a guardian ad litem; (2) a court appointed special advocate; ...

Persons ineligible for appointment Sec. 2. A court may not appoint a party to the proceedings, the party's employee, or the party's representative as the: ...

Protection of best interests of the child Sec. 3. A guardian ad litem or court appointed special advocate shall represent and protect the best interests of ...

Term of appointment Sec. 4. A guardian ad litem or court appointed special advocate serves until the court enters an order for removal. As ...

Officers of the court Sec. 5. The guardian ad litem or the court appointed special advocate, or both, are considered officers of the court for the ...

Representation by attorney Sec. 6. The guardian ad litem or the court appointed special advocate may be represented by an attorney. If necessary to protect the ...

Subpoena powers; presentation of evidence Sec. 7. A guardian ad litem or court appointed special advocate appointed by a court under this chapter (or IC 31-1-11.5-28 ...

Continuing supervision Sec. 8. The court may order a guardian ad litem or court appointed special advocate appointed by a court under ...

Civil immunity Sec. 9. Except for gross misconduct: (1) a guardian ad litem; (2) a court appointed special advocate; (3) an employee ...

User fee; order for payment Sec. 10. The court may order either or both parents of a child for whom a guardian ad litem or court ...

User fee; collection procedures Sec. 11. The court shall establish one (1) of the following procedures ...

Funds Sec. 12. Money remaining in a county's: (1) guardian ad litem fund; or (2) court appointed special advocate fund; at the end ...

User fee; report of receipt of payment Sec. 13. If the court orders either or both parents to pay the user fee according to section 11(2) ...

Order for maintenance Sec. 1. The court may order maintenance in: (1) final dissolution of marriage decrees entered under IC ...

Findings concerning maintenance Sec. 2. A court may make the following findings concerning maintenance: (1) If the court finds a spouse to be physically or ...

Modification or revocation of order for maintenance Sec. 3. Provisions of an order with respect to maintenance ordered under section 1 of this chapter (or IC ...

Division of property Sec. 4. (a) In an action for dissolution of marriage under IC 31-15-2-2, the ...

Presumption for equal division of marital property; rebuttal Sec. 5. The court shall presume that an equal division of the marital property between the parties is ...

Money judgment award to spouse for expenses of higher education Sec. 6. If the court finds there is little or no marital property, the court may ...

Tax consequences of property division Sec. 7. The court, in determining what is just and reasonable in dividing property under this chapter, ...

Security, bond, or other guarantee of division of property Sec. 8. Upon entering an order under this chapter, the court may provide for the security, bond, ...

Repealed ( Repealed by P.L.197-1997, SEC.29.) ...

Revocation or modification of property disposition orders; fraud Sec. 9.1. (a) The orders concerning property disposition entered under this chapter (or IC 31-1-11.5-9 before its repeal) ...

Enforcement Sec. 10. Notwithstanding any other law, all orders and awards contained in a dissolution of marriage decree or legal separation decree may be enforced by: ...

Governing law Sec. 1. The support of children and other dependents is governed by IC 31-16. As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.7. ...

Authorized referrals Sec. 1. Conciliation procedures may include referrals to any of the following: (1) The family relations division of the court, if established. ...

Costs Sec. 2. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the parties shall pay the costs of conciliation procedures that the court orders. (b) If ...

Factors in determination Sec. 1. Whenever the court issues an order under this article, other than an ex parte order, the court ...

Docketing; extension; report Sec. 2. When a case is ordered to mediation, the case shall be placed on the court docket for final hearing. The mediation ...

Costs and attorney's fees; order for direct payment to attorney Sec. 1. (a) The court periodically may order a party to pay a reasonable amount for ...

Exemption for agencies Sec. 2. Neither costs or attorney fees may be taxed against an agency, or the agency's agents, that is authorized ...

Construction and application of IC 31-16-1 through IC 31-16-12 Sec. 1. This chapter and IC 31-16-2 through IC 31-16-12 shall be construed and applied to promote ...

Purposes and policies of IC 31-16-1 through IC 31-16-12 Sec. 2. The purpose and policy of this chapter and IC 31-16-2 through IC 31-16-12 are to ...

Applicability of Indiana Rules of Civil Procedure Sec. 1. Proceedings under this chapter and IC 31-16-3 through IC 31-16-12 must comply with the Indiana Rules of ...

Cause of action established Sec. 2. A cause of action for child support is established. As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.8. ...

Caption; standing Sec. 3. A proceeding for child support must be commenced by the filing of a petition entitled, "In Re the support of __________". The ...

Verified petition; averments Sec. 4. A petition for child support: (1) must be verified; and (2) must set forth the following: (A) The ...

Service of petition and summons Sec. 5. Whenever a petition is filed, a copy of the petition, including a copy of a summons, shall be served ...

Residence Sec. 6. In an action for child support under section 2 of this chapter, one (1) of the parties must reside in the county at ...

Responsive pleading or counter petition Sec. 7. A responsive pleading or a counter petition may be filed under this chapter or IC 31-16-3 through IC 31-16-12. ...

Decree; findings; scope Sec. 8. (a) The court shall enter a decree in an action under section 2 of this chapter when the court finds: ...

Repealed ( Repealed by P.L.197-1997, SEC.29.) ...

Bonds; requirements Sec. 1. A bond required under this article to secure the obligation of child support must: (1) be in writing; and (2) ...

Bonds; form Sec. 2. A bond described in section 1 of this chapter may be prepared in substantially the following form: STATE OF INDIANA ) ...

Forfeiture; use of proceeds Sec. 3. Upon forfeiture, the proceeds of the security, a bond, or other guarantee ordered to secure the obligation of child support, ...

Forfeiture; excess proceeds Sec. 4. The proceeds of the security, bond, or other guarantee ordered to secure the obligation of child support ordered under this article ...

Repealed ( Repealed by P.L.197-1997, SEC.29.) ...

Repealed ( Repealed by P.L.197-1997, SEC.29.) ...

Child support orders; relevant factors; account at financial institution Sec. 1. (a) In an action ...

Expenses for child's education and health care; Title IV-D fees Sec. 2. (a) The child support order or an educational support order may also include, where ...

Setting aside parent's property Sec. 3. As part of the child support order the court may set apart the part of the property of either parent ...

Health and hospitalization insurance coverage Sec. 4. (a) A child support order may also include, where appropriate, ...

Security, bond, or other guarantees Sec. 5. Upon entering an order under section 1 of this chapter, the court may provide for such security, bond, or ...

Termination or modification of child support; emancipation of child Sec. 6. (a) The duty to support a child under this chapter ceases when ...

Effect of child's emancipation or death of parent obligated to pay support Sec. 7. (a) Unless otherwise agreed in writing ...

Repealed ( Repealed by P.L.197-1997, SEC.29.) ...

Factors in determination Sec. 1. Whenever the court issues an order under this article, other than an ex parte order, the court ...

Docketing; extension; report Sec. 2. When a case is ordered to mediation, the case shall be placed on the court docket for final hearing. The mediation ...

Repealed ( Repealed by P.L.197-1997, SEC.29.) ...

Modification or revocation of child support order or maintenance order Sec. 1. Provisions of an order with respect to child support or an order for maintenance ...

Health and hospitalization coverage Sec. 2. The court shall consider modifying a support order to include basic health and hospitalization coverage for the child if a ...

Security, bond, or guarantee Sec. 3. The court may provide in a modification of a support order for the security, bond, or other guarantee that is ...

Clerk as trustee for remittance Sec. 1. Upon entering an order for support in: (1) a dissolution of marriage decree under IC 31-15-2; (2) ...

Records; accounting Sec. 2. (a) The clerk of the circuit court shall maintain records listing the following: (1) The amount of the payments. (2) ...

Notice of change of address, federal assistance, and other conditions affecting support order Sec. 3. At the time of ...

Duty to furnish Social Security number and employer information Sec. 4. The custodial parent and the noncustodial parent shall furnish the following information to the clerk ...

Duty of noncustodial parent to furnish employer and health insurance information and Social Security number Sec. 5. In ...

Accounting of future expenditures Sec. 6. At the time of entering an order for support or at any subsequent time, the court may order, upon a ...

Payments of child support to third persons Sec. 1. Upon entering an order under IC 31-16-6-1 or at any subsequent time, the court may order, upon ...

Forwarding of payments to Title IV-D agency Sec. 2. (a) If the clerk of the court is notified by the Title IV-D agency or the agency's ...

Use of child support exclusively for child's benefit; Title IV-D disbursements and fees Sec. 3. (a) Any person or agency named in section 1 or 2 ...

Costs of proceeding and attorney's fees Sec. 1. (a) The court periodically may order a party to pay a reasonable amount for: (1) the cost ...

Exemption for Title IV-D agencies Sec. 2. Neither costs or attorney's fees may be taxed against an agency, or the agency's agents, that ...

Enforcement remedies Sec. 1. Notwithstanding any other law, all orders and awards contained in a child support decree or an order directing a person to pay ...

Delinquent child support payments; interest charges Sec. 2. The court may, upon a request by the person or agency entitled to receive child support payments, order ...

Arrearages; court orders Sec. 3. (a) The obligation of a person to pay child support arrearages does not terminate when the person's duty to support a ...

Enforcement of judgment; income withholding order Sec. 4. Upon application to the court for enforcement of an order for support, the court may: (1) ...

Additional remedies Sec. 5. The enforcement remedies provided under this chapter are in addition to other remedies available for collecting delinquent support. As added ...

Contempt Sec. 6. (a) If the court finds that a party is delinquent as a result of an intentional violation of an order for support, the ...

Suspension of delinquent person's driving privileges Sec. 7. If a court finds that a person is delinquent (as defined in IC 12-17-2-1.5) as a result of ...

Suspension or denial of delinquent person's professional license Sec. 8. If a court finds that a person who is an applicant (as defined in IC 25-1-1.2-1), ...

Suspension of delinquent person's horse racing commission or gaming commission license Sec. 9. If a court finds that a person who holds a license issued under ...

Suspension, denial, or nonrenewal of delinquent person's insurance, recovery, or bail agent's license Sec. 10. If a court finds that a person who holds a license ...

Payment of arrearage; stay of order to licensing authority Sec. 11. Notwithstanding section 7, 8, 9, or 10 of this chapter, the court may stay the ...

Registration of child support order Sec. 12. (a) This section applies if: (1) the parent who is entitled to receive child support; and (2) ...

Exception Sec. 1. This chapter does not apply to a support order entered in a Title IV-D case. As added by P.L.27-2004, SEC.4. ...

Petition; procedure; intervention Sec. 2. (a) A custodial parent may file a petition for a setoff of child support from a state income tax refund payable ...

Prohibition Sec. 3. A custodial parent may not bring an action under this chapter with respect to an obligor's state income tax refund for a calendar ...

Determination of refund eligibility and filing status Sec. 4. (a) A court that receives a petition under section 2 of this chapter shall send an order ...

Hearing; notice Sec. 5. (a) If the court receives notification under section 4(b) of this chapter that the obligor is eligible for a state income tax ...

Final order; deadline Sec. 6. (a) The court shall issue a final order for a state income tax refund setoff following a hearing under this chapter ...

Distribution of refund Sec. 7. (a) The department of state revenue shall submit the refund amount set forth in the final order to the clerk of ...

Interest charges Sec. 8. A final order issued under section 6 of this chapter may include interest charges in an amount determined under IC 31-14-12-1 or ...

Registration of child support order Sec. 1. If: (1) the parent who is entitled to receive child support; and (2) the parent who is ...

Grounds for bringing action Sec. 1. (a) A dependent spouse may bring an action in a circuit or superior court to obtain support from the other ...

Commencement of action; contents of complaint Sec. 2. (a) A dependent spouse may bring an action under section 1 of this chapter by filing a complaint ...

Process Sec. 3. Process in actions brought under this chapter is the same as in other civil actions. As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.8. ...

Hearing; determination; order to pay money; judicial sale or lease; receivership Sec. 4. The court shall hold a hearing on the complaint and make a ...

Dependent spouse's collection of other spouse's debts; lease or mortgage of other spouse's real property; disposition of proceeds Sec. 5. If the court orders support to ...

Action to modify order made under this chapter Sec. 6. An action to modify an order made under this chapter may be initiated by filing a ...

Sales of real property Sec. 7. If real property is sold under this chapter: (1) the sale must be made by a receiver or commissioner ...

Income withholding order; inactive orders Sec. 1. (a) In a proceeding under IC 31-14 or IC 31-16-2 through IC 31-16-12 to establish, modify, or enforce a ...

Occurrences requiring activation of order by court Sec. 2. A court acting under section 1(d)(1) or 1(d)(2) of this chapter shall activate the immediate income ...

Agency authority to require income withholding Sec. 3. In the case of a support order that is enforced by the Title IV-D agency after June 30, ...

Notice to income payor of implementation of income withholding Sec. 4. (a) This section applies to the implementation of income withholding under an order issued under ...

National Medical Support Notice Sec. 4.5. The child support bureau of the division of family and children shall send notice to an employer, using the National ...

Activation of order by Title IV-D agency Sec. 5. In a case arising under Title IV-D of the federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 651 through ...

Activation of order by court Sec. 6. The court shall activate an income withholding order if: (1) the obligor petitions the ...

Notice to obligor of activation of order or implementation of income withholding Sec. 7. (a) Whenever an income withholding order is to be: (1) activated ...

Petition to activate order; hearing; summons; notice Sec. 8. (a) If a petition to activate an income withholding order is filed under section 6(2) or 6(3) ...

Obligor's petition to activate order Sec. 9. If the obligor files a petition to activate an income withholding order under section 6(1) of this chapter, the ...

Notice to income payor of activation of order Sec. 10. (a) To activate or implement an income withholding order, in addition to the notice requirements imposed ...

Contest of activation of order by Title IV-D agency Sec. 11. (a) An obligor may contest the Title IV-D agency's determination to implement or activate income ...

Contest of activation of order by court Sec. 12. (a) An obligor may contest the activation of an income withholding order under section 6(2) or 6(3) ...

Time activation of income withholding takes effect Sec. 13. In a case arising under section 3, 5, 6(2), or 6(3) of this chapter, activation of ...

Time income withholding activated by obligor's petition takes effect Sec. 14. In a case arising under section 6(1) of this chapter, activation of income withholding takes ...

Withholding of income by income payor; payment to state central collection unit Sec. 15. (a) An income payor that is required to withhold income under this ...

Combination of withheld amounts for multiple obligors in single payment; multiple withholdings paid electronically; civil penalty Sec. 16. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), if ...

Multiple withholding orders against single obligor; pro rata distribution of withheld earnings Sec. 17. If: (1) there is ...

Notice by income payor following cessation of employment or income Sec. 18. The income payor shall: (1) notify: (A) the Title IV-D agency in ...

Severance pay, accumulated sick pay, vacation pay, accumulated commissions, bonuses, or other lump sum payments; withholding of support arrearages Sec. 19. (a) If an obligor: ...

Payments by clerk to persons entitled to receive child support Sec. 20. The clerk of the court shall: (1) pay the income forwarded by the ...

Modification of order Sec. 21. The court may modify an income withholding order under section 1 of this chapter whenever the court enforces an order of ...

Termination of income withholding Sec. 22. (a) An income withholding order under section 1 of this chapter (or IC 31-2-10-7 before its repeal) terminates when both ...

Liability of income payors Sec. 23. If an income payor fails to forward the money required by an income withholding order as set forth in the ...

Factors for activation of income withholding order Sec. 24. An income withholding order may be activated under section 5(4) or 6(3) of this chapter if: ...

Actions by obligors for employment discharge, refusal, or discipline Sec. 25. (a) If an obligor is: (1) discharged ...

New income payors; notice Sec. 26. (a) If the Title IV-D agency or the court becomes aware that the obligor has a new income payor after ...

Priority of order over other claims Sec. 27. An income withholding order under this chapter has priority over any secured or unsecured claim on income except ...

Full faith and credit Sec. 28. The courts and the Title IV-D agency shall give full faith and credit to income withholding orders that are issued ...

Supplemental remedies Sec. 1. This chapter supplements other remedies available for the enforcement of a support order. As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.8. ...

Delinquent payment as judgment against obligor Sec. 2. A payment that is: (1) required under a support order; and (2) delinquent; shall be ...

Judgment as lien; priority; perfection Sec. 3. (a) A lien is created against the real and personal property of the obligor in the amount of a ...

Mode of enforcement; disputed amount Sec. 4. (a) An obligee may enforce a judgment created under section 5 or 6 of this chapter (or IC 31-2-11-8 ...

Recognition and enforcement of judgments Sec. 5. The courts shall recognize and enforce: (1) judgments created under section 5 or 6 of this chapter (or ...

Modification of obligor's duty to pay Sec. 6. (a) Except as provided in: (1) subsection (b); or (2) IC 31-14-19-1; a court may ...

Duty to furnish support for parents Sec. 1. Any individual: (1) whose father or mother provided the individual with necessary ...

Action for support; parties plaintiff Sec. 2. An action for support of a parent may be instituted against a child for violation of the duty to ...

Averments of complaint Sec. 3. The complaint must allege definite specific facts to establish: (1) the duty to support; and (2) the violation of ...

Standing; costs Sec. 4. (a) Any of the following may prosecute a civil action for support of a parent: (1) The parent. (2) The ...

Attorney's fees Sec. 5. In an action brought under this chapter in which: (1) the parent is the plaintiff; and (2) judgment is entered ...

Pleading; service of notice on defendant Sec. 6. Notice shall be served upon a defendant and issues shall be made upon the verified complaint as in ...

Additional parties defendant; admissibility of evidence Sec. 7. (a) The court on the court's own motion may order other children made additional parties defendant. (b) ...

Appeal and review Sec. 8. (a) If: (1) the finding of the court; or (2) the verdict of the jury; is for or ...

Jury verdict Sec. 9. If the trial is by jury, the verdict of the jury must state only that the jury finds in favor of each ...

Judgment and order Sec. 10. If the verdict or finding of the court is against a defendant, the court shall: ...

Continuing order; modification; execution Sec. 11. (a) An order of the court under section 10 of this chapter is a continuing order. The court has jurisdiction ...

Contempt Sec. 12. If a defendant is in default for failure to comply with the order and judgment of the court, the same process may be ...

Repealed ( Repealed by P.L.197-1997, SEC.29.) ...

Payment into court or agency Sec. 1. (a) If: (1) an individual, by the terms of a court order or decree, is ordered to pay ...

Payments into court; accounting system Sec. 2. If the court enters a decree or an order under section 1 of this chapter, the clerk shall: ...

Application of chapter Sec. 1. This chapter applies whenever: (1) there is pending in an Indiana court an order requiring a parent to make regular ...

Order of transfer of proceedings Sec. 2. The court may order the proceedings with: (1) all papers and files pertaining to the order for support; ...

Acceptance of proceedings by transferee court Sec. 3. The court to which the proceedings are transferred: (1) shall accept the proceedings; and (2) thereafter ...

Docket; civil costs fee Sec. 4. The proceedings that are transferred shall be docketed as other civil matters are docketed, and a civil costs fee as ...

Hearing requirement; contents of petition; notice Sec. 5. (a) Except as provided in section 6 of this chapter, the order for the transfer of the proceedings ...

Transfer without notice and hearing Sec. 6. A court may enter an order for transfer of the proceedings without notice and a hearing if the petition ...

Application of chapter; multiple transfers Sec. 7. (a) This chapter applies to proceedings pending in: (1) the court in which the dissolution was obtained; or ...

Payment; contempt Sec. 1. (a) Whenever in any court proceeding an order is in force for: (1) the support and maintenance of the other party ...

Court ordered provision for payment Sec. 2. The court entering an order described in section 1(a) of this chapter shall include a provision in the order ...

Supplemental remedies Sec. 3. This chapter is supplemental to all other statutes relating to support payments. As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.8. ...

Construction and application Sec. 1. This chapter, IC 31-17-2, IC 31-17-4, IC 31-17-6, and IC 31-17-7 shall be construed and applied to promote the purpose and ...

Purpose and policy Sec. 2. The purpose and policy of this chapter, IC 31-17-2, IC 31-17-4, IC 31-17-6, and IC 31-17-7 are to provide for child ...

Jurisdiction Sec. 1. Jurisdiction of a child custody proceeding under: (1) this chapter, IC 31-17-4, IC 31-17-6, and IC 31-17-7; or (2) IC ...

Application of Indiana Rules of Civil Procedure Sec. 2. Proceedings under this chapter, IC 31-17-4, IC 31-17-6, and IC 31-17-7 must comply with ...

Commencement of proceeding Sec. 3. A child custody proceeding is commenced in the court by: (1) a parent by filing a petition ...

Notice of intent to move residence Sec. 4. If the party seeking custody intends to move the party's residence: (1) at the time of or ...

Responsive pleading or counter petition Sec. 5. A responsive pleading or a counter petition may be filed under this chapter, IC 31-17-4, IC 31-17-6, or IC ...

Hearing Sec. 6. Custody proceedings must receive priority in being set for hearing. As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.9. ...

Court to determine law and facts Sec. 7. The court without a jury shall determine questions of law and fact. As added by P.L.1-1997, ...

Custody order Sec. 8. The court shall determine custody and enter a custody order in accordance with the best interests ...

Supervised parenting time; crime involving domestic or family violence Sec. 8.3. (a) This section applies if a court finds that ...

Consideration of de facto custodian factors Sec. 8.5. (a) This section applies only if the court finds by clear and convincing evidence that the child has ...

Court interview of child in chambers Sec. 9. (a) The court may interview the child in chambers to ascertain the child's wishes. (b) The court ...

Professional personnel; court consultation; cross-examination Sec. 10. (a) The court may seek the advice of professional personnel even if the professional personnel are not employed on ...

Temporary custodian Sec. 11. (a) If, in a proceeding for custody or modification of custody under IC 31-15, this chapter, IC 31-17-4, IC 31-17-6, or IC ...

Investigation and report concerning custodial arrangements for child Sec. 12. (a) In custody proceedings after evidence is submitted upon the petition, if a parent or the ...

Joint legal custody; finding required for award Sec. 13. The court may award legal custody of a child jointly if the court finds that an award ...

Joint legal custody; division of physical custody Sec. 14. An award of joint legal custody under section 13 of this chapter does not require an equal ...

Joint legal custody; matters considered in making award Sec. 15. In determining whether an award of joint legal custody under section 13 of this chapter would ...

Counseling for child Sec. 16. Upon: (1) the court's own motion; (2) the motion of a party; (3) the motion of the child; ...

Custodian may determine child's upbringing Sec. 17. (a) Except: (1) as otherwise agreed by the parties in writing at the time of the custody order; ...

Continuing supervision Sec. 18. If both parents or all contestants agree to the order or if the court finds that, in the absence of the order, ...

Travel and other expenses of witnesses Sec. 19. The court may tax as costs the payment of necessary travel and other expenses incurred by any person ...

Confidentiality of interview, report, or investigation Sec. 20. If the court finds it necessary to protect the child's welfare that the record of any interview, a ...

Modification of child custody order Sec. 21. (a) The court may not modify a child custody order unless: (1) the modification is in the best ...

Security, bond, or guarantee Sec. 21.5. The court may provide in: (1) a custody order; or (2) a modification to a custody order; ...

Security, bond, or guarantee; determinations Sec. 21.7. (a) The court shall consider requiring security, a bond, or another guarantee under section 21.5 of this chapter if ...

Custodial parent's violation of injunction or temporary restraining order considered in custody modification Sec. 22. An intentional violation by a custodial parent of an injunction or ...

Notice of intent to move residence; hearing to review and modify custody, parenting time, and support orders Sec. 23. (a) If an individual who has been ...

Notice of passport application for child Sec. 24. (a) If either party to the custody order applies for a passport for the child, the party who ...

Factors in determination Sec. 1. Whenever the court issues an order under this article, other than an ex parte order, the court ...

Docketing; extension; report Sec. 2. When a case is ordered to mediation, the case shall be placed on the court docket for final hearing. The mediation ...

Purposes and construction of law Sec. 1. Purposes and Construction of Law. (a) The general purposes of this law are to: (1) avoid jurisdictional competition ...

Definitions Sec. 2. As used in this chapter: (1) "contestant" means a person, including a parent, who claims a right to custody or parenting time ...

Jurisdiction Sec. 3. Jurisdiction. (a) A court of this state which is competent to decide child custody matters has jurisdiction to make a child custody determination ...

Notice and opportunity to be heard Sec. 4. Notice and Opportunity to be Heard. Before making a decree under this chapter, reasonable notice and opportunity to ...

Notice to persons outside this state Sec. 5. Notice to Persons Outside this State; Submission to Jurisdiction. (a) Notice required for the exercise of jurisdiction over ...

Simultaneous proceedings in other states Sec. 6. Simultaneous Proceedings in Other States. (a) A court of this state shall not exercise its jurisdiction under this chapter ...

Inconvenient forum Sec. 7. Inconvenient Forum. (a) A court which has jurisdiction under this chapter to make an initial or modification decree may decline to exercise ...

Denial of jurisdiction Sec. 8. Denial of Jurisdiction. (a) If the petitioner for an initial decree has wrongfully taken the child from another state or has ...

Information to be submitted under oath Sec. 9. (a) Every party in a custody proceeding, other than an action for dissolution of marriage, in the first ...

Additional parties Sec. 10. Additional Parties. If the court learns from information furnished by the parties pursuant to section 9 of this chapter or from other ...

Appearance of parties and child Sec. 11. Appearance of the Parties and the Child. (a) The court may order any party to the proceeding who is ...

Binding force and res judicata effect of custody decree Sec. 12. Binding Force and Res Judicata Effect of Custody Decree. A custody decree rendered by a ...

Recognition of out-of-state custody decrees Sec. 13. Recognition of Out-of-State Custody Decrees. The courts of this state shall recognize and enforce an initial or modification decree ...

Modification of custody decree of another state Sec. 14. Modification of Custody Decree of Another State. (a) If a court of another state has made a ...

Filing and enforcement of custody decree of another state Sec. 15. Filing and Enforcement of Custody Decree of Another State. (a) A certified copy of a ...

Registry of out-of-state custody decrees and proceedings Sec. 16. Registry of Out-of-State Custody Decrees and Proceedings. The clerk of each circuit court shall maintain a registry ...

Certified copies of custody decree Sec. 17. Certified Copies of Custody Decree. The clerk of the circuit court of this state, at the request of the ...

Taking testimony in another state Sec. 18. Taking Testimony in Another State. In addition to other procedural devices available to a party, any party to the ...

Hearings and studies in another state; orders to appear Sec. 19. Hearings and Studies in Another State; Orders to Appear. (a) A court of this ...

Assistance to courts of other states Sec. 20. Assistance to Courts of Other States. (a) Upon request of the court of another state, the courts ...

Preservation of documents for use in other states Sec. 21. Preservation of Documents for Use in Other States. In any custody proceeding in this state the ...

Request for court records of another state Sec. 22. Request for Court Records of Another State. If a custody decree has been rendered in another state ...

International application Sec. 23. The general policies of this chapter extend to the international area. Except as provided in section ...

Priority Sec. 24. Priority. Upon the request of a party to a custody proceeding which raises a question of existence or exercise of jurisdiction under this ...

Foreign decrees; modification; jurisdiction; procedure Sec. 25. (a) Notwithstanding sections 3, 7, and 8 of this chapter, a court of this state has jurisdiction to make ...

Bonds; requirements Sec. 1. A bond required under this article to secure enforcement of a custody order or parenting time order must: (1) be in ...

Bonds; form Sec. 2. A bond described in section 1 of this chapter may be prepared in substantially the following form: STATE OF INDIANA ) ...

Forfeiture; use of proceeds Sec. 3. Upon forfeiture, the proceeds of security, a bond, or other guarantee ordered to secure enforcement of a custody order or ...

Forfeiture; excess proceeds Sec. 4. Upon forfeiture, the proceeds of the security, a bond, or other guarantee ordered to secure enforcement of a custody order or ...

Parenting time rights; in chambers interview of child Sec. 1. (a) A parent not granted custody of the child is entitled to reasonable parenting time rights ...

Modification or denial; restriction of parenting time rights Sec. 2. The court may modify an order granting or denying parenting time rights whenever modification would serve ...

Security, bond, or guarantee Sec. 2.5. The court may provide in: (1) a parenting time order; or (2) a modification to a parenting time ...

Attorney's fees, court costs, and litigation expenses Sec. 3. (a) In any action filed to enforce or modify an order granting or denying parenting time rights, ...

Permanent injunction against custodial parent Sec. 4. A noncustodial parent who: (1) has been granted parenting time rights with a child who lives with the ...

Temporary restraining order against custodial parent Sec. 5. (a) If an application for an injunction has been filed under section 4 of this chapter (or IC ...

Hearing Sec. 6. A hearing upon the restraining order must be held at the earliest convenience of the court. As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.9. ...

Security Sec. 7. (a) This section does not apply to an order under section 2.5 of this chapter. (b) A court may ...

Contempt Sec. 8. A court that finds an intentional violation without justifiable cause by a custodial parent of an injunction or ...

Additional remedies Sec. 9. The remedies in this chapter are in addition to and do not limit other civil or criminal remedies available to the noncustodial ...

Missed parenting time; parent in military Sec. 10. A noncustodial parent who misses parenting time as the result of participation in an activity of: (1) ...

Right to seek visitation Sec. 1. (a) A child's grandparent may seek visitation rights if: (1) the child's parent is deceased; (2) the marriage ...

Best interest of the child; in chambers interview of the child Sec. 2. (a) The court may grant visitation rights if the court determines that visitation ...

Petition Sec. 3. A proceeding for grandparent's visitation must be commenced by the filing of a petition entitled, "In ...

Venue Sec. 4. A grandparent seeking visitation rights shall file a petition requesting reasonable visitation rights: (1) in a circuit or superior court of the ...

Service of petition and summons Sec. 5. Whenever a petition is filed, a copy of the petition, together with a copy of a summons, shall be ...

Decree Sec. 6. Upon hearing evidence in support of and opposition to a petition filed under this chapter, the court shall enter a decree setting forth ...

Modification of order Sec. 7. The court may modify an order granting or denying visitation rights whenever modification would serve the best interests of the child. ...

Paternity proceedings; effect on visitation rights Sec. 8. (a) This section applies to a child born out of wedlock. (b) Visitation rights provided for in ...

Adoption; effect on visitation rights Sec. 9. Visitation rights provided for in section 1 or 10 of this chapter survive the adoption of the child ...

Marriage of child's parents dissolved in another state; right to seek visitation Sec. 10. If the marriage of the child's parents has been dissolved in another ...

Appointment Sec. 1. A court in a proceeding under IC 31-17-2, IC 31-17-4, this chapter, or IC 31-17-7 may appoint a guardian ad litem, a court ...

Persons ineligible for appointment Sec. 2. A court may not appoint a party to the proceedings, the party's employee, or the party's representative as the: ...

Protection of best interests of child; term of appointment Sec. 3. A guardian ad litem or court appointed special advocate shall represent and protect the best ...

Officers of the court Sec. 4. The guardian ad litem or the court appointed special advocate, or both, are considered officers of the court for the ...

Representation by attorney Sec. 5. The guardian ad litem or the court appointed special advocate may be represented by an attorney. If necessary to protect the ...

Subpoena powers; presentation of evidence Sec. 6. A guardian ad litem or court appointed special advocate appointed by a court under this chapter may subpoena witnesses ...

Continuing supervision Sec. 7. The court may order a guardian ad litem or court appointed special advocate appointed by a court under this ...

Civil immunity Sec. 8. Except for gross misconduct: (1) a guardian ad litem; (2) a court appointed special advocate; (3) an employee of ...

User fee; funds Sec. 9. (a) The court may order either or both parents of a child for whom a guardian ad litem or court appointed ...

Costs and attorney's fees; order for direct payment to attorney Sec. 1. (a) The court periodically may order a party to pay a reasonable amount for ...

Exemption for agencies Sec. 2. Neither costs nor attorney's fees may be taxed against an agency or its agents that is authorized to maintain proceedings under ...

Application of definitions Sec. 1. The definitions in this chapter apply throughout this article. As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.10. ...

"Child" Sec. 2. "Child" means an individual who is: (1) owed or alleged to be owed a duty of support by the individual's parent; or ...

"Child support order" Sec. 3. "Child support order" means a support order for a child, including a child who has attained the age of majority under ...

"Duty of support" Sec. 4. "Duty of support" means an obligation imposed or that may be imposed by law to provide support for a child, spouse, ...

"Home state" Sec. 5. "Home state" means: (1) the state in which a child lived with a parent or a person acting as ...

"Income" Sec. 6. "Income" means anything of value owed to an obligor. As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.10. ...

"Income payor" Sec. 7. "Income payor" means an employer or other person who owes income to an obligor. As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.10. ...

"Income withholding order" Sec. 8. "Income withholding order" means an order or other legal process directed to an obligor's income payor to withhold support from the ...

"Initiating state" Sec. 9. "Initiating state" means a state in which a proceeding is forwarded or in which a proceeding is filed for forwarding to a ...

"Initiating tribunal" Sec. 10. "Initiating tribunal" means the authorized tribunal in an initiating state. As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.10. ...

"Issuing state" Sec. 11. "Issuing state" means the state in which a tribunal issues a support order or enters a judgment of paternity. As ...

"Issuing tribunal" Sec. 12. "Issuing tribunal" means the tribunal that issues a support order or enters a judgment of paternity. As added by P.L.1-1997, ...

"Law" Sec. 13. "Law" includes decisional and statutory law and rules and regulations having the force of law. As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.10. ...

"Obligee" Sec. 14. "Obligee" means: (1) an individual to whom a duty of support is owed or is alleged to be owed or in whose ...

"Obligor" Sec. 15. "Obligor" means an individual or the estate of a decedent who: (1) owes or is alleged to owe a duty of support; ...

"Register" Sec. 16. "Register" means to record a: (1) support order; or (2) judgment determining paternity; in the appropriate location for the recording ...

"Registering tribunal" Sec. 17. "Registering tribunal" means a tribunal in which a support order is registered. As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.10. ...

"Responding state" Sec. 18. "Responding state" means a state to which a proceeding is filed or to which a proceeding is forwarded for filing from an ...

"Responding tribunal" Sec. 19. "Responding tribunal" means the authorized tribunal in a responding state. As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.10. ...

"Spousal support order" Sec. 20. "Spousal support order" means a support order for a spouse or former spouse of the obligor. As added by ...

"State" Sec. 21. "State" means: (1) a state of the United States; (2) the District of Columbia; (3) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; ...

Repealed ( Repealed by P.L.213-1999, SEC.33.) ...

"Support enforcement agency" Sec. 23. "Support enforcement agency" means a public official or an agency authorized to seek to: (1) enforce a support order or ...

"Support order" Sec. 24. "Support order" means a judgment, a decree, or an order, whether: (1) temporary; (2) final; or (3) subject to ...

"Tribunal" Sec. 25. "Tribunal" means a court, an administrative agency, or a quasi-judicial entity authorized to establish, enforce, or modify support orders or to determine paternity. ...

Basis for jurisdiction over nonresident Sec. 1. In a proceeding to establish, enforce, or modify a support order or to determine paternity, an Indiana tribunal may ...

Procedure when exercising jurisdiction over nonresident Sec. 2. An Indiana tribunal exercising personal jurisdiction over a nonresident under section 1 of this chapter may apply: ...

Initiating and responding tribunals Sec. 3. An Indiana tribunal may serve as: (1) an initiating tribunal under this article to ...

Simultaneous proceedings in another state Sec. 4. (a) An Indiana tribunal may exercise jurisdiction to establish a support order if the petition is filed after a ...

Continuing exclusive jurisdiction Sec. 5. (a) An Indiana tribunal that issues a support order consistent with Indiana law has ...

Enforcement and modification of support order by tribunal having continuing jurisdiction Sec. 6. (a) An Indiana tribunal may serve as an initiating tribunal to request a ...

Recognition of child support orders Sec. 7. (a) If a proceeding is brought under this article and one (1) or more child support orders have been ...

Determination of identity of controlling child support order Sec. 7.5. (a) An Indiana tribunal that: (1) determines by order the identity of the controlling child ...

Multiple child support orders for two or more obligees Sec. 8. In responding to multiple registrations or petitions for enforcement of two (2) or more child ...

Credit for payments Sec. 9. Amounts collected and credited for a period as the result of a support order issued by a tribunal of another state ...

Authority to transfer and initiate petition to responding jurisdiction Sec. 10. For purposes of this article, the Title IV-D agency or its agents have the authority ...

Proceedings under this article Sec. 1. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this article, this chapter applies to all proceedings under this article. (b) this ...

Action by minor parent Sec. 2. A parent who is less than eighteen (18) years of age or a guardian or other legal representative of the ...

Application of law of this state Sec. 3. Except as otherwise provided by this article, a responding Indiana tribunal: (1) shall apply the procedural and ...

Duties of initiating tribunal Sec. 4. (a) Upon the filing of a petition authorized by this article, an initiating Indiana tribunal shall forward three (3) copies ...

Duties and powers of responding tribunal Sec. 5. (a) When a responding Indiana tribunal receives a petition or comparable pleading from an initiating tribunal or directly ...

Inappropriate tribunal Sec. 6. If a petition or comparable pleading is received by an inappropriate Indiana tribunal, the inappropriate tribunal shall: (1) forward the pleading ...

Duties of Title IV-D agency Sec. 7. (a) An Indiana Title IV-D agency, upon request, shall provide services to a petitioner who is an obligee in ...

Neglect or refusal to provide services by Title IV-D agency Sec. 8. If the division of family and children determines that an agent of the Title ...

Private counsel Sec. 9. An individual may employ private counsel to represent the individual in proceedings authorized by this article. As added by P.L.1-1997, ...

Duties of division of family and children Sec. 10. (a) The division of family and children is the state information agency for Indiana under this article. ...

Pleadings and accompanying documents Sec. 11. (a) A petitioner seeking to establish or modify a support order or to establish paternity in a proceeding under this ...

Nondisclosure of information in exceptional circumstances Sec. 12. Upon a finding, which may be made ex parte, that the health, safety, or liberty of a party ...

Costs and fees Sec. 13. (a) The petitioner or Title IV-D agent, or both, may not be required to pay a filing fee. (b) Whenever ...

Limited immunity Sec. 14. (a) Participation by a petitioner in a proceeding before a responding tribunal whether: (1) in person; (2) by private attorney; ...

Nonparentage as defense Sec. 15. A party whose paternity of a child has been previously determined by law may not plead nonparentage as a defense to ...

Special rules of evidence and procedure Sec. 16. (a) The physical presence of the petitioner in a ...

Communication between tribunals Sec. 17. (a) An Indiana tribunal may communicate with a tribunal of another state in writing, by telephone, or any other means to ...

Assistance with discovery Sec. 18. An Indiana tribunal may: (1) request a tribunal of another state to assist in obtaining discovery; and (2) upon ...

Receipt and disbursement of payments Sec. 19. An Indiana tribunal shall promptly disburse amounts received under a support order as directed by the order. The agency ...

Conditions for issuance of support order by responding Indiana tribunal Sec. 1. If a support order entitled to recognition under this article has not been issued, ...

Issuance of temporary support order after acknowledgment or determination of paternity Sec. 2. The tribunal may issue a temporary child support order upon a finding, after ...

Issuance of support order after finding duty of support Sec. 3. Upon finding, after notice and opportunity to be heard, that an obligor owes a duty ...

Recognition of income withholding order of another state Sec. 1. (a) An income withholding order issued in another state may be sent by first class mail ...

Compliance with withholding order Sec. 1.1. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) and IC 31-18-6-2.1, an employer shall withhold and distribute the funds ...

Administrative enforcement of orders Sec. 2. (a) Whenever enforcement is sought for: (1) a support order; (2) an income withholding order; or (3) ...

Registration of order for enforcement Sec. 1. A support order or an income withholding order issued by a tribunal of another state ...

Procedure to register order for enforcement Sec. 2. (a) A support order or an income withholding order of another state may be registered in Indiana by ...

Multiple orders for enforcement Sec. 2.1. If an obligor's employer receives multiple orders to withhold support from the earnings of the same obligor, the employer shall ...

Immunity from civil liability Sec. 2.2. An employer who complies with an income withholding order issued in another state in accordance with this article is not ...

Penalties Sec. 2.3. An employer who willfully fails to comply with an income withholding order issued by another state and received for enforcement is subject to ...

Effect of registration for enforcement Sec. 3. (a) A support order or an income withholding order issued in another state is registered when the order is ...

Choice of law Sec. 4. (a) The law of the issuing state governs the: (1) nature, extent, amount, and duration of current payments and other ...

Registry of registered foreign support orders Sec. 5. The clerk of the court shall maintain a registry of registered foreign support orders: (1) in ...

Requirements for petition for registration Sec. 6. (a) The petition for registration must: (1) be verified and set forth: (A) the amount remaining unpaid; ...

Obtaining jurisdiction; defenses; default; adjudication Sec. 7. (a) The procedure to obtain jurisdiction of the person or property of the obligor shall be as provided in ...

Confirmed order precludes further contest Sec. 8. Confirmation of a registered order, after notice and hearing, precludes further contest of the order regarding any matter that ...

Procedure to register child support order of another state for modification Sec. 9. (a) A party or Title IV-D agent seeking to modify or to modify ...

Effect of registration for modification Sec. 10. An Indiana tribunal may enforce a child support order of another state registered for purposes of modification in the ...

Modification of child support order of another state Sec. 11. (a) After a child support order issued in another state has been registered in Indiana, unless ...

Recognition of order modified in another state Sec. 12. An Indiana tribunal shall recognize a modification of its earlier child support order by a tribunal of ...

Jurisdiction to enforce issuing state's order Sec. 13. (a) If all of the individual parties reside in Indiana and the child does not reside in the ...

Proceeding to determine paternity Sec. 1. (a) An Indiana tribunal may serve as an initiating or a responding tribunal in a proceeding brought under: (1) ...

Jurisdiction Sec. 2. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to confer jurisdiction on the court to determine issues of custody, parenting time, or the surname ...

Grounds for rendition Sec. 1. (a) As used in this chapter, "governor" includes: (1) an individual performing the functions of governor; or (2) the ...

Conditions of rendition Sec. 2. (a) Before making demand that the governor of another state surrender an individual charged criminally in Indiana with having failed to ...

Uniformity of application and construction Sec. 1. This article must be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect ...

Short title Sec. 2. This article may be cited as the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act. As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.10. ...

Severability clause Sec. 3. (a) If a provision of this article or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not ...

Remedies Sec. 4. Remedies under this article: (1) are cumulative; and (2) do not affect the availability of remedies under any other law. ...

Adoptions subject to Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children Sec. 1. Except as provided in IC 12-17-8, the adoption of a child who is born ...

Exclusive jurisdiction of probate court Sec. 2. (a) This section applies to each Indiana county that has a separate probate court. (b) The probate court ...

Adoption of adult; petition; venue; consent; investigation Sec. 1. (a) An individual who is at least eighteen (18) years of age may be adopted by a ...

Adoption of minor child; petition; venue Sec. 2. (a) A resident of Indiana who seeks to adopt a child less than eighteen (18) years of age ...

Adoption of hard to place child by nonresident; petition; venue Sec. 3. (a) An individual who is not a resident of Indiana and who seeks to ...

Consent to adoption by petitioner's spouse Sec. 4. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a petition for adoption by a married person may not ...

Filing of petition; number of copies; verification Sec. 5. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a petition for adoption must be filed in triplicate. ...

Contents of petition Sec. 6. A petition for adoption must specify the following: (1) The: (A) name if known; (B) sex, race, ...

Medical report Sec. 7. (a) A medical report of the health status and medical history of the child sought to be adopted and the child's birth ...

Submission of information, forms, or consents for criminal history check Sec. 7.5. (a) This section does not apply to a petitioner for adoption who provides the ...

Notification of criminal charge while adoption pending Sec. 7.6. If a petitioner for adoption is charged with: (1) a felony; or (2) a misdemeanor ...

Adoption history fee; putative father registry fee Sec. 8. Unless the petitioner for adoption seeks under section 1 of this chapter to adopt a person who ...

Deposit of fees in adoption history fund Sec. 9. Fees collected under section 8 of this chapter shall be deposited in the adoption history fund established ...

Notice of filing of petition; examination, correction, and amendment of form of petition Sec. 10. (a) Not more than five (5) days after a petition for ...

Clerk's examination of form of petition Sec. 11. If the judge of the court dies, is disabled, or is absent, the clerk of the court shall ...

Forwarding of copies of petition to division and county office of family and children and to licensed child placing agency Sec. 12. As soon as a ...

Temporary custody of adopted children Sec. 13. (a) Except for a child who is under the care ...

Consolidated paternity and adoption proceedings Sec. 14. (a) If a petition for adoption and a petition to establish paternity are pending at the same time for ...

Application Sec. 1. This chapter applies to notice given to a: (1) putative father under IC 31-19-4; and (2) person under IC 31-19-4.5. ...

Notice of adoption Sec. 2. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), IC 31-19-4 applies to notice given to a putative father and IC 31-19-4.5 applies ...

Required notice Sec. 3. (a) Except as provided in section 4 of this chapter, notice must be given to a: (1) person whose ...

Notice not required Sec. 4. Notice of the pendency of the adoption proceedings does not have to be given to: (1) a person whose consent ...

Prebirth notice to putative father Sec. 1. Before the birth of a child: (1) a licensed child placing agency; (2) an attorney representing prospective ...

Notice not compelling adoptive placement Sec. 2. Providing the putative father with actual notice under section 1 of this chapter does not obligate the mother of ...

Affidavit of service of actual notice Sec. 3. (a) Upon the filing of a petition for adoption: (1) the licensed child placing agency sponsoring the ...

Form of notice Sec. 4. Notice of the potential adoption under this chapter must be provided to the putative father of the child in substantially the ...

Putative father's notice of paternity action Sec. 5. A putative father who files a paternity action as described by IC 31-19-9-15(2) after receiving notice of a ...

Adoptive parents' intervention in paternity action Sec. 6. If a putative father fails to provide notice to an attorney or a licensed child placing agency under ...

Vacation of paternity determination; intervention by adoptive parents Sec. 7. If the court has already established the paternity of a father who fails to provide notice ...

Applicability of Rules of Trial Procedure Sec. 8. The Indiana Rules of Trial Procedure do not apply to the giving of notice under this chapter. ...

Notice to registered putative father Sec. 1. Except as provided by IC 31-19-2.5-4, if: (1) on or before the date the mother of a child ...

Notice to putative father registered with putative father registry; name or address not provided by mother Sec. 2. Except as provided by IC 31-19-2.5-4, if: ...

Notice to putative father not registered with putative father registry; name or address undisclosed by mother; child conceived outside Indiana ...

Notice to unnamed father; form Sec. 4. Notice of the adoption proceeding required under section 3 of this chapter shall be given to an unnamed putative ...

Notice to named father; form Sec. 5. Notice of the adoption proceeding shall be given to: (1) the putative father who is entitled to notice ...

Putative father not entitled to notice of adoption Sec. 6. Except as provided in section 3 of this chapter, if: (1) on or before the ...

Actual notice not required Sec. 7. If a putative father is entitled to notice under section 1, 2, or 3 of this chapter, upon: (1) ...

Waiver of notice Sec. 8. (a) The notice required by this chapter may be waived in writing before or after the birth of a child. ...

Exceptions to notice required by chapter Sec. 9. The notice required by this chapter is not necessary: (1) if actual notice has been given to ...

Repealed ( Repealed by P.L.61-2003, SEC.22.) ...

Repealed ( Repealed by P.L.61-2003, SEC.22.) ...

Repealed ( Repealed by P.L.61-2003, SEC.22.) ...

Applicability of Rules of Trial Procedure Sec. 13. Only the rules of the Indiana Rules of Trial Procedure specified in this chapter apply to the giving ...

Application Sec. 1. This chapter: (1) shall not be construed to affect notice of an adoption provided to a putative father under IC 31-19-4; and ...

Notice when consent not required Sec. 2. Except as provided in IC 31-19-2.5-4, if a petition for adoption alleges that consent to adoption is not required ...

Form of adoption notice Sec. 3. Notice of the adoption proceeding shall be given to a person entitled to notice under section 2 of ...

Waiver of notice Sec. 4. (a) The notice required by this chapter may be waived in writing before or after the birth of a child. ...

Content of notice Sec. 5. The description in the notice under section 3 of this chapter of the reasons consent to adoption is not required need ...

Application of chapter Sec. 1. This chapter applies to a putative father whenever: (1) an adoption under IC 31-19-2 is filed regarding a child who ...

Establishment of registry; rules Sec. 2. The putative father registry is established within the state department of health. The state department shall adopt rules under IC ...

Purpose of registry Sec. 3. The registry's purpose is to determine the name and address of a father: (1) whose name and address have not ...

Notice rights of registered persons Sec. 4. A putative father of a child who registers in accordance with this chapter (or IC 31-3-1.5 before its repeal) ...

Necessity of registration as requisite to notice rights Sec. 5. If, on or before the date the mother of a child executes a consent to the ...

Rights of presumptive fathers Sec. 6. This chapter does not relieve a man who is presumed to be a father under 31-14-7-2 from ...

Information maintained in registry; father's agent for notice Sec. 7. (a) The state department of health shall maintain the following information in the registry: (1) ...

Registry data access points Sec. 8. The state department of health shall store the registry's data to make the data accessible under the following: (1) ...

Information supplied Sec. 9. A putative father who registers under this chapter shall provide to the state department of health the following: (1) The putative ...

Registration form Sec. 10. A putative father shall register under this chapter on a registration form prescribed by the state department of health. The registration form ...

Verification; amendment of information Sec. 11. A putative father who registers under this chapter is responsible for: (1) verifying with the state department of health ...

Time of registration Sec. 12. (a) To be entitled to notice of an adoption under IC 31-19-3 or IC ...

Availability of registration forms Sec. 13. The state department of health shall: (1) prescribe a registration form for the information that a putative father submits ...

Public notice of purpose and operation of registry Sec. 14. (a) Each: (1) clerk of a circuit court; (2) branch office of the bureau ...

Requests for search of registry by persons arranging adoption Sec. 15. (a) An attorney or agency that arranges an adoption or may arrange an adoption may ...

Affidavit of registry search Sec. 16. (a) Not later than ten (10) days after receiving a request under section 15 of this chapter, the state department ...

Departmental responsibilities upon request for registry search Sec. 17. Whenever the state department of health receives a request under section 15 of this chapter, the state ...

Waiver of notice rights of unregistered putative fathers; irrevocably implied consent to adoption Sec. 18. A putative father who fails to register within the period specified ...

Revocation of registration Sec. 19. A putative father may revoke a registration at any time by submitting a signed, notarized statement revoking the registration. As ...

Methods of submitting registration Sec. 20. A putative father must submit a registration under this chapter: (1) in person; or (2) by: (A) ...

Request for certified copy of registration form or for information; procedure; persons qualified to apply Sec. 21. (a) Subject to subsection (b), upon written request by: ...

Timeliness of responses to requests; fees Sec. 22. (a) Except as provided in section 16 of this chapter, the state department of health shall immediately respond ...

Confidentiality of registry information Sec. 23. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, information contained within the registry is confidential. As added by P.L.1-1997, ...

Registering false information Sec. 24. A person who knowingly or intentionally registers false information under this chapter commits a Class A misdemeanor. As added by ...

Release or request for confidential information Sec. 25. (a) A person who knowingly or intentionally releases or requests confidential information in violation of this chapter commits ...

Request for search of records pending adoption proceedings Sec. 1. An attorney or agency that arranges an adoption or may arrange an adoption may at any ...

Response to search request Sec. 2. Not later than ten (10) days after receiving a request under section 1 of this chapter, the state department of ...

Release of copy of paternity determination Sec. 3. If a record of a paternity determination has been filed concerning a child who is the subject of ...

Prior written approval of placements; criminal history checks Sec. 1. (a) Except: (1) for: (A) a child sought to be adopted by a stepparent; ...

Consent of county office of family and children Sec. 2. Whenever the written approval for placement of a child in a proposed adoptive home is obtained ...

Approval filed with adoption petition Sec. 3. Approval under this chapter for placement in a proposed adoptive home must be filed with the petition for adoption. ...

Period of supervision as prerequisite to adoption Sec. 1. An adoption may be granted in Indiana only after: (1) the court has heard the evidence; ...

Supervision periods Sec. 2. (a) The period of supervision required by section 1 of this chapter may be before or after the filing of a petition ...

List of licensed child placing agencies and county offices of family and children Sec. 3. (a) The division of family and children shall annually compile a ...

List of approved supervising agencies Sec. 4. To facilitate adoption proceedings, the division of family and children shall furnish to clerks of Indiana courts having probate ...

Agency report and recommendation; filing requirements Sec. 5. (a) Not more than sixty (60) days from the date of reference of a petition for adoption to ...

Contents of agency's report Sec. 6. (a) The agency's report must, to the extent possible, include the following: (1) The former environment and antecedents of ...

Summary consideration of agency's report; continuance Sec. 7. The court shall summarily consider the agency's report. If the court finds that further investigation or further supervision ...

Agency report and recommendation; nonbinding on court Sec. 8. The report and recommendation of the agency are not binding on the court but are advisory only. ...

Prompt hearing and determination of adoption Sec. 9. As soon as possible after the provisions of IC 31-19-7-1 and this chapter have been satisfied, the court ...

Consents required Sec. 1. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a petition to adopt a child who is less than eighteen (18) years of ...

Execution of waiver; timing Sec. 2. (a) The consent to adoption may be executed at any time after the birth of the child either in the ...

Validity of consent not identifying petitioner for adoption Sec. 3. A consent to adoption that does not name or otherwise identify a petitioner for adoption is ...

Forms Sec. 4. The division of family and children may furnish to the clerks of courts prescribed forms for use by parents or other persons when ...

Filing of copies Sec. 5. Copies of a signed consent to adoption shall be filed with the investigating agency and the clerk of the court in ...

Information and forms provided to birth parents Sec. 6. The individual who or agency that arranges for the signing of a consent to adoption shall provide ...

Nonrelease forms Sec. 7. Upon request, the state registrar shall provide an individual or agency with a nonrelease form required by section 6(2) of this chapter. ...

Consent to adoption not required; written denial of paternity precludes challenge to adoption Sec. 8. (a) Consent to adoption, which may be required under section 1 ...

Parent's crime against child's other parent; effect on consent requirement Sec. 9. A court shall determine that consent to adoption is not required from a parent ...

Parent's crime against child or child's sibling; effect on consent requirement Sec. 10. A court shall determine that consent to adoption is not required from ...

Reserved Reserved ...

When consent of putative father irrevocably implied Sec. 12. A putative father's consent to adoption is irrevocably implied without further court action if the putative father: ...

Challenge of adoption or validity of implied consent by putative father; when precluded Sec. 13. A putative father whose consent to adoption is implied under this ...

Establishment of paternity by putative father; when precluded Sec. 14. A putative father whose consent to adoption of a child is implied under this chapter ...

When consent of putative father irrevocably implied; additional circumstances Sec. 15. (a) The putative father's consent to adoption of the child is irrevocably implied without further ...

Challenge of adoption or validity of irrevocably implied consent by putative father; when precluded Sec. 16. A putative father whose consent ...

Establishment of paternity by putative father; restrictions Sec. 17. (a) A putative father whose consent to an adoption is implied under section 15 of this chapter ...

When implied consent to adoption irrevocable Sec. 18. (a) The consent of a person who is served with notice under IC 31-19-4.5 to adoption is irrevocably ...

Implied consent to adoption bar to adoption challenge Sec. 19. A person whose consent to adoption is irrevocably implied under section 18 of this chapter may ...

Standard of proof Sec. 0.5. The party bearing the burden of proof in a proceeding under this chapter must prove the party's ...

Persons permitted to contest adoption; time for filing motion to contest Sec. 1. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c), only a person entitled to notice ...

Contested adoption; burden of proof Sec. 1.2. (a) If a petition for adoption alleges that a parent's consent to adoption is unnecessary under: (1) IC ...

Basis for resolving contested adoption Sec. 1.4. A court, in making a determination under section 1.2(e) of this chapter, shall consider all relevant evidence, but may ...

Notice of intent to withdraw consent or to contest adoption Sec. 2. A person seeking to withdraw consent to an adoption under section 3 of this ...

Withdrawal of consent to adoption Sec. 3. (a) A consent to adoption may be withdrawn not later than thirty (30) days after consent to adoption is ...

Consent not withdrawable after entry of adoption decree Sec. 4. A consent to adoption may not be withdrawn after the entry of the adoption decree. ...

Contest of adoption by putative father Sec. 4.5. The putative father of a child who is served with notice under IC 31-19-4 and wishes to contest ...

Hearing to contest adoption Sec. 5. Whenever a motion to contest an adoption is filed, the court shall, before entering a decree under IC 31-19-11, set ...

Determination of contest of adoption Sec. 6. After hearing evidence at the hearing, the court shall: (1) dismiss the petition for adoption if the court: ...

Service of notice of adoption contest; protection of privacy of adoption petitioner Sec. 7. (a) The court may: (1) send all notices of the filing ...

Denial of putative father's adoption contest as bar to establishing paternity Sec. 8. A putative father is barred from establishing paternity under IC 31-14 if his ...

Decree; affidavit; felony convictions Sec. 1. (a) Whenever the court has heard the evidence and finds that: (1) the adoption requested is in the best ...

Custody provision in decree Sec. 2. If the child is a ward of: (1) a guardian; (2) an agency; or (3) an office ...

Request for aid Sec. 3. Upon receipt of a recommendation from the county office of family and children, if the petition for adoption contained a request ...

Names Sec. 4. If a new name is requested in a petition for adoption, upon the entry of an adoption decree the child shall take the ...

Dismissal of petition; gradual change of custody Sec. 5. (a) If the court dismisses a petition for adoption, the court shall determine the person who should ...

Pendency of appeal Sec. 6. The court may hear and grant a petition for adoption even if an appeal of a decision ...

Records Sec. 1. For each adoption and for each annulment or revocation of adoption decreed by an Indiana court, the clerk of the court shall prepare ...

Information for new birth records Sec. 2. (a) The official decree of each: (1) adoption; or (2) annulment or revocation of adoption; that ...

Forwarding of records and reports to state department of health Sec. 3. Not later than the tenth day of each calendar month, the clerk of the ...

Adoption records for individuals born outside Indiana Sec. 4. (a) When the state department of health receives from a court a record of: (1) adoption; ...

Transfer of adoption records to state registrar Sec. 5. (a) As used in this section, "record" includes the following: ...

New certificate of birth Sec. 1. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the state department of ...

Replacement of original registration of birth; filing; confidentiality Sec. 2. When a new certificate of birth is established following adoption, the new certificate of birth replaces ...

Annulment or revocation of adoption; restoration of original certificate of birth Sec. 3. Upon receipt of a notice of ...

Seal or surrender of replaced certificate of birth Sec. 4. When the state department of health establishes a new certificate of birth following ...

Expedited appeal proceedings Sec. 1. An appeal of an adoption decree shall be decided on an expedited basis. As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.11. ...

Time for challenge to adoption decree Sec. 2. Except as provided in section 3 of this chapter, if a person whose parental rights are terminated by ...

Time for withdrawal of consent to adoption, contest or challenge to adoption, or establishment of paternity Sec. 3. (a) A person who consents to an adoption ...

Expiration of time to challenge; appeal for lack of notice or defective proceedings barred Sec. 4. After the ...

Effect upon duties, obligations, and rights of biological parents Sec. 1. (a) Except as provided in section 2 of this chapter or IC 31-19-16, if the ...

Stepparent adoptions Sec. 2. (a) If the adoptive parent of a child is married to a biological parent of the child, the parent-child relationship of the ...

Postadoption contact privileges granted to birth parent Sec. 1. At the time an adoption decree is entered, the court entering the adoption decree may ...

Procedure Sec. 2. A court may grant postadoption contact privileges if: (1) the court determines that the best interests of the child would be served ...

Postadoption contact agreement Sec. 3. A postadoption contact agreement filed under section 2(4) of this chapter must contain the following provisions: (1) An acknowledgment by ...

Modification or enforcement of agreement Sec. 4. A birth parent or an adoptive parent may file a petition with the court entering the ...

Monetary damages Sec. 5. The court may not award monetary damages as a result of the filing of a petition under section 4 of this chapter. ...

Voiding or modifying agreement Sec. 6. (a) The court may void or modify a postadoption contact agreement approved under this chapter at any time before or ...

Guardian ad litem or court appointed special advocate Sec. 7. The provisions of IC 31-32-3 concerning the: (1) representation; (2) duties; (3) liabilities; ...

Revocation of adoption decree barred as sanction for noncompliance with agreement Sec. 8. A court may not revoke an adoption decree because a birth parent or ...

Privileges without court approval Sec. 9. Postadoption contact privileges are permissible without court approval in an adoption of a child who is less than two (2) ...

Order for postadoption sibling contact Sec. 1. At the time an adoption decree is entered, the court entering the decree may order ...

Determination by court; considerations Sec. 2. In making its determination under section 1 of this chapter, the court shall consider any ...

Effect of noncompliance with order Sec. 3. If postadoption contact is ordered under this chapter, the adoption is irrevocable even if the adoptive parents do not ...

Persons entitled to file petition to vacate or modify order Sec. 4. The following persons may file a petition requesting that the court vacate or modify ...

Vacation or modification of order; time; appointment of guardian ad litem or advocate Sec. 5. The court may vacate or modify a postadoption contact order entered ...

Guardian ad litem or court appointed special advocate Sec. 6. The provisions regarding the representation, duties, and appointment of a guardian ad litem or court appointed ...

Violation of order; prohibited penalties Sec. 7. The court may not: (1) award monetary damages; or (2) revoke an adoption decree; if the ...

Application of chapter Sec. 1. Except as provided in section 5 of this chapter, this chapter applies only to an adoption that is granted after June ...

Report of medical, psychological, and educational records of birth parents Sec. 2. A person, a licensed child placing agency, or a county office of family and ...

Exclusion of information identifying birth parent; release of records concerning child to adoptive parents and adoptee Sec. 3. The person, licensed child placing agency, or ...

Summary of social, medical, psychological, and educational records of child Sec. 4. The person, licensed child placing agency, ...

Information of social, medical, psychological, and educational records concerning child for adoption granted before July 1, 1993; excluding information identifying birth parent ...

Administration of adoption history program Sec. 1. The state registrar shall administer the adoption history program provided for in this chapter and IC 31-19-19 through IC ...

Transmission of identifying and nonidentifying information; storage; affirmation Sec. 2. (a) The following persons may ...

Voluntary transmission of medical information; storage; affirmation Sec. 3. (a) Any person may voluntarily transmit medical information to ...

Publication of availability of adoption history information; public service announcements Sec. 4. (a) The state registrar shall publicize the availability of the adoption history ...

Rules; forms Sec. 5. The state registrar: (1) may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2; and (2) shall prescribe forms necessary; to implement this ...

Adoption history fund Sec. 6. (a) The adoption history fund is established for the purpose of carrying out this chapter ...

Transmittal of false adoption history information Sec. 7. A person who knowingly transmits false information to an adoption history commits a Class A misdemeanor. ...

Court files and records Sec. 1. (a) The following items are confidential: (1) A petition for adoption. (2) Reports of the investigation made under ...

Agency files and records Sec. 2. (a) All files and records pertaining to the adoption proceedings in: ...

Adoption history information Sec. 3. Notwithstanding any other law, the information located in the adoption history may not be disclosed under: (1) IC 5-14-3; or ...

Confidentiality of adoption papers, records, and information; disclosure procedures Sec. 4. All papers, records, and information pertaining to the adoption, ...

Disclosure of confidential information; offense; discharge from public office Sec. 5. (a) An employer or any person administering adoption records who recklessly, knowingly, or intentionally: ...

Release of medical history; supplementation Sec. 1. The state registrar: (1) shall release a copy of the medical history to any interested person; (2) ...

Request for additional medical history information Sec. 2. (a) Whenever the state registrar receives an inquiry for medical history information from an adoptee or adoptive parent ...

Fees; disposition Sec. 3. (a) The state department of health may charge a reasonable fee for the state registrar's search for further medical ...

Release of medical records by provider Sec. 4. IC 31-19-19, this chapter, and IC 31-19-21 through IC ...

Consent; contents Sec. 1. (a) A person who has transmitted identifying or nonidentifying information under IC 31-19-18-2 may consent ...

Modification or withdrawal of consent Sec. 2. A consent made under this chapter (or IC 31-3-4-27 before its repeal) may be: (1) withdrawn; or ...

Manner of release of identifying and nonidentifying information Sec. 3. A holder of information that receives a consent made under this chapter (or IC 31-3-4-27 before ...

Release after consenting person's death Sec. 4. A consenting person may restrict the consent to the release of the information only after the consenting person's death. ...

Errors in execution of consent form Sec. 5. The state registrar may contact a person who submits a written consent under this chapter that is: ...

Storage and indexing of consents Sec. 6. The following persons shall provide for the storage and indexing of consents made under this chapter ...

Application of chapter; exception Sec. 1. This chapter applies to the release of identifying information. However, this chapter does ...

Requirements for release of identifying information Sec. 2. The state registrar, the division of family and children, a county office of family and children, a licensed ...

Consent of birth parent; affidavit Sec. 3. The consent of a birth parent is not required for release of information under this chapter if an affidavit ...

Search of death certificates Sec. 4. Whenever an adoptee or a birth parent submits a written consent for release of identifying information under IC 31-19-21 (or ...

Request by adoptee or birth parent for search of death records Sec. 5. An adoptee or a birth parent who submits a written request for the ...

Deceased nonconsenting adoptee or birth parent; release of identifying information Sec. 6. If, upon searching the death certificates under section 4 of this ...

Request for contact of adoptee or birth parent Sec. 7. An adoptee or a birth parent who submits a written consent for the release of identifying ...

Contact of adoptee or birth parent Sec. 8. An attorney, a licensed child placing agency, or a county office of family and children who contacts an ...

Fees and expenses for contacting adoptee or birth parent Sec. 9. An attorney, a licensed child placing agency, or a county office of family and children ...

Access to information by adoptee Sec. 10. This chapter does not prohibit an adoptee who is at least twenty-one (21) years of age from having access ...

Fee for expenses of compliance with chapter Sec. 11. Licensed child placing agencies and professional health care providers may charge a reasonable fee for actual expenses ...

Entities required to release nonidentifying information Sec. 1. The following persons shall release nonidentifying information concerning an adoption in ...

Access to nonidentifying adoption information regarding child in need of services Sec. 2. (a) This section applies to an adopted child if: (1) the county ...

Petitions; contents Sec. 1. (a) Any interested person may file a petition with any court with probate jurisdiction in Indiana requesting the release of: (1) ...

Notice to registrar and opportunity to respond; appointment of guardian ad litem or court appointed special advocate Sec. 2. Upon the filing of a petition under ...

Order to guardian or court appointed special advocate to search records Sec. 3. Whenever the court appoints a confidential intermediary under section 2(2) of this chapter, ...

Search for information and persons Sec. 4. The confidential intermediary shall: (1) make complete and reasonable efforts to locate the medical, identifying, or nonidentifying information; ...

Fee for cost of search Sec. 5. The confidential intermediary may charge a reasonable fee for the cost of making a search under section 4 of ...

Confidentiality of communications; manner of communicating Sec. 6. All communications under this chapter are confidential, and any communication shall be made by a personal contact by ...

Confidentiality of information filed with court Sec. 7. Information released to the confidential intermediary under this chapter shall be filed with the court in a manner ...

Court ordered release of information Sec. 8. (a) If a person does not agree to release medical, identifying, or nonidentifying ...

Reports and supporting documents of guardian or court appointed special advocate; confidentiality; release of information Sec. 9. (a) Whenever a confidential ...

Review and release of court ordered information Sec. 10. The court shall review the medical, identifying, or nonidentifying information submitted under section 9 of this chapter. ...

Imminent threat of death or serious bodily injury; proceedings without written pleadings Sec. 11. If an imminent threat of death or serious bodily injury exists, the ...

Immunity of confidential intermediary Sec. 12. (a) A confidential intermediary discharging in good faith the confidential intermediary's responsibilities under this chapter is immune from all civil ...

Closed proceedings Sec. 13. All hearings held in proceedings under this chapter shall be held in closed court without admittance of any person other than: ...

Appointment of confidential intermediary; requirements Sec. 14. A court may only appoint a person to serve ...

Breach of confidentiality Sec. 15. A person who knowingly or intentionally releases information in violation of sections 2 through 11 ...

Penalty Sec. 16. Failure of the confidential intermediary appointed under this chapter to comply with a court order under sections 2 through 11 of this chapter ...

Application of chapter Sec. 1. This chapter applies to adoptions that are filed after December 31, 1993. As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.11. ...

Access to information by adoptee Sec. 2. (a) An adoptee who is at least twenty-one (21) years of age may request identifying information by submitting a ...

Nonrelease form; filing; duration; renewal; withdrawal Sec. 3. (a) An adoptee's birth parent may restrict access to identifying information concerning the birth parent by filing a ...

Nonrelease form; contents Sec. 4. The state registrar shall prescribe the nonrelease form described in section 3 of this chapter. In prescribing the nonrelease form, the ...

Notice before lapse of nonrelease form Sec. 5. Except as provided under section 4 of this chapter, the state registrar shall mail a notice to a ...

Request to be reunited with pre-adoptive sibling Sec. 6. An adoptee who is at least twenty-one (21) years of age or a pre-adoptive sibling who is ...

Release of information concerning pre-adoptive siblings Sec. 7. (a) If: (1) an adoptee who is at least twenty-one (21) years of age; or (2) ...

Duties of registrar following request to be reunited with pre-adoptive sibling Sec. 8. (a) If an adoptee who is at least twenty-one (21) years of age ...

Request by adoptive parents for information concerning pre-adoptive siblings Sec. 9. (a) The adoptive parents of an adoptee who is less than twenty-one (21) years of ...

Withdrawal of request or consent Sec. 10. A request or consent submitted under section 6, 8, or 9 of this chapter may be withdrawn in a ...

Storage and indexing of requests and nonrelease forms Sec. 11. The state registrar shall provide for the storage and indexing of requests and nonrelease forms under ...

Errors in execution of forms Sec. 12. The state registrar may contact a person who submits a request form or nonrelease form that is incorrectly or ...

Fee for expenses Sec. 13. (a) The following persons may charge a reasonable fee for actual expenses incurred in complying with this chapter: (1) ...

Rules; forms Sec. 14. The state registrar: (1) may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2; and (2) shall prescribe any forms necessary; to implement this ...

Order for payment of subsidy; contents Sec. 1. (a) When a petition for adoption is filed seeking a subsidy and the payment of a subsidy is ...

Subsidy for support Sec. 2. The court may order the department to pay a subsidy for the support of the adoptive child in an amount not ...

Subsidy for health care expenses Sec. 3. The court may order the department to pay a subsidy for the medical, surgical, hospital, and related expenses for ...

Duration of subsidy Sec. 4. (a) Subject to subsection (b), the subsidies under sections 2 and 3 of this chapter continue: (1) until: (A) ...

Periodic reporting of location of parents and child and child's condition; revision of order based on changed conditions Sec. 5. (a) As a condition for continuation ...

Legal status or rights and responsibilities unaffected Sec. 6. The subsidies under sections 2 and 3 of this chapter do not affect: (1) the legal ...

Program to place hard to place children Sec. 1. The division of family and children shall carry out a program to place hard to place children ...

Delegation of program Sec. 2. The division of family and children may: (1) delegate a part of the program to a county office of family ...

Powers of division Sec. 3. To carry out the program, the division of family and children may: (1) cooperate with adoption efforts with: (A) ...

Money not reverting to state general fund Sec. 4. Money appropriated to the program does not revert to the state general fund at the end of ...

Foreign decrees; effect; name change Sec. 1. Whenever a person is adopted outside Indiana, under the laws of the state, territory, or country where the adoption ...

Full faith and credit Sec. 2. Every decree of a court terminating parental rights issued by a court of any other jurisdiction within or outside the ...

Consent Sec. 3. Every consent to adoption taken in a jurisdiction outside Indiana that: (1) is valid under the law in force in the state, ...

Jurisdiction Sec. 4. The court where an adoption proceeding is pending has jurisdiction over a person if the person's consent to the adoption taken ...

Legislative findings; purposes Sec. 1. (a) The general assembly finds that: (1) Finding adoptive families for children, for whom state assistance is desirable pursuant to ...

Authorization of division to enter compacts; definitions Sec. 2. (a) The division of family and children is authorized to develop, participate in the development of, negotiate, ...

Mandatory provisions Sec. 3. A compact entered into pursuant to the authority conferred by this chapter shall have the following content: (1) A provision making ...

Permissive provisions Sec. 4. A compact entered into pursuant to the authority conferred by this chapter may contain provisions in addition to those required pursuant to ...

Medical assistance identification; conditions; payment of benefits; nonresidents; rules; violations Sec. 5. (a) A child with special needs resident in this state who is the subject ...

Federal aid Sec. 6. Consistent with federal law, the division of family and children in connection with the administration of this chapter and any compact ...

Public policy declaration Sec. 1. The general assembly declares that it is against public policy to enforce any term of a surrogate agreement that requires a ...

Void agreements Sec. 2. A surrogate agreement described in section 1 of this chapter that is formed after March 14, 1988, is void. As ...

Best interests of child; basis for court decisions Sec. 3. After March 14, 1988, a court may not base a decision concerning the best interests of ...

Exclusive original jurisdiction Sec. 1. A juvenile court has exclusive original jurisdiction, except as provided in sections 9, 10, 12, and 13 of this chapter, in ...

Applicability of juvenile law to certain offenses Sec. 2. Except as provided in IC 33-33-45-6 and section 8 of this chapter, the juvenile law does not ...

Cases involving adults charged with crimes Sec. 3. A juvenile court has concurrent original jurisdiction in cases involving adults charged with the crime of: (1) ...

Juvenile court lacks jurisdiction over individuals at least 16 years of age committing certain felonies; retention of jurisdiction by court having adult criminal jurisdiction Sec. 4. ...

Concurrent original jurisdiction with probate court Sec. 5. A juvenile court has concurrent original jurisdiction with the probate court in the following proceedings: (1) Proceedings ...

Probate court jurisdiction over guardianship of person less than 18 years of age Sec. 6. (a) Subject to subsections (b) and (c), this article does not ...

Juveniles tried as adults Sec. 7. A juvenile court has concurrent original jurisdiction in cases involving individuals who are subject to prosecution under IC 14-15-10-3. ...

Exclusive jurisdiction of juvenile division of Marion superior court Sec. 8. The juvenile division of the Marion superior court established under ...

Concurrent original jurisdiction of act that would be murder or felony by child who left Indiana; transfer following extradition Sec. 9. (a) A court having felony ...

Paternity proceedings to enforce support Sec. 10. A circuit court has concurrent original jurisdiction with the juvenile court, including the probate court ...

Transfer from court having criminal jurisdiction; release on recognizance; detention Sec. 11. (a) Except as provided in section 9 of this ...

Jurisdiction of child custody proceeding in marriage dissolution Sec. 12. (a) Subject to subsection (b), a court having jurisdiction under IC 31-17-2 of a child custody ...

Jurisdiction of child custody proceeding in paternity proceeding Sec. 13. (a) Subject to subsection (b), a court having jurisdiction under IC 31-14 of a ...

Continuing juvenile court jurisdiction Sec. 1. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), the juvenile court's jurisdiction over a delinquent child or a child ...

Notice of child's release from custody of department of correction Sec. 2. If the department of correction is awarded guardianship of a child under section 1(a)(2) ...

Sua sponte reinstatement of court's jurisdiction; modification of decree Sec. 3. After receiving notification under section 2 of this chapter (or IC 31-6-2-3(b) before its repeal), ...

Petition for reinstatement of court's jurisdiction; modification Sec. 4. The department of correction may petition the court to reinstate the court's jurisdiction over the child and ...

Satisfaction of restitution order Sec. 5. If any part of an order of restitution remains unpaid at the time a child is released by the department ...

Waiver of jurisdiction defined Sec. 1. Waiver of jurisdiction refers to an order of the juvenile court that waives the case to a court that would ...

Heinous or aggravated act, or act as part of repetitive pattern of delinquent acts Sec. 2. Upon motion of the prosecuting attorney and after full investigation ...

Act that would be felony relating to controlled substances Sec. 3. Upon motion of the prosecuting attorney and after a full investigation and a hearing, the ...

Act that would be murder Sec. 4. Upon motion of the prosecuting attorney and after full investigation and hearing, the juvenile court shall waive jurisdiction ...

Acts that would be Class A or Class B felonies, involuntary manslaughter, or reckless homicide Sec. 5. Except ...

Act that would be felony and prior felony or nontraffic misdemeanor conviction Sec. 6. Upon motion by the prosecuting attorney, the juvenile court shall waive jurisdiction ...

Time limit for making or granting motion to waive jurisdiction Sec. 7. A motion to waive jurisdiction may not be made or granted after: (1) ...

Order to hold child for proceedings; recognizance bond Sec. 8. If jurisdiction is waived, the juvenile court: (1) shall order the child held for proceedings ...

Probable cause finding Sec. 9. The finding of probable cause required to waive jurisdiction is sufficient to ...

Waiver order; findings Sec. 10. A waiver order must include specific findings of fact to support the order. As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.13. ...

Waiver order; filing Sec. 11. The prosecuting attorney shall file a copy of the waiver order with the court to which the child has been waived ...

Appropriations Sec. 1. The county fiscal body shall appropriate sufficient money for the operation of the juvenile court. As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.14. ...

Fees Sec. 1. The fees in juvenile court proceedings are set under IC 33-37-4-3. As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.14. ...

Costs Sec. 2. An adult who is convicted of an offense in the juvenile court is liable for costs under IC 33-37-4-1. As added ...

Other costs prohibited Sec. 3. Except as provided in sections 1 and 2 of this chapter, no other costs may be charged to any person in ...

Application of chapter Sec. 1. This chapter applies to a judicial circuit having a population of ...

Magistrates Sec. 2. The judge of the juvenile court may appoint one (1) or more full-time magistrates under IC 33-23-5. As added by ...

Referees; appointment Sec. 3. The judge of: (1) a juvenile court; or (2) a probate court under IC 33-31-1; may appoint one (1) ...

Referees; qualifications Sec. 4. A person appointed as a part-time juvenile court referee under this chapter must be admitted to the practice of law in Indiana. ...

Referees; funding for salaries Sec. 5. The county shall pay the salary of a part-time juvenile court referee appointed under this chapter. As added ...

Referees; duties; findings and recommendations; administration of oaths Sec. 6. A part-time juvenile court referee: (1) shall perform duties assigned by the court; (2) ...

Application of chapter Sec. 1. This chapter applies to a judicial circuit having a population of ...

Appointment Sec. 2. The judge of: (1) a juvenile court; or (2) a probate court under IC 33-31-1; may appoint one (1) or ...

Qualifications Sec. 3. A person appointed as a part-time juvenile court referee under this chapter must be admitted to the practice of law in Indiana. ...

Funding for salaries Sec. 4. The salary of a part-time juvenile court referee appointed under this chapter shall be paid from juvenile probation user's fees under ...

Duties Sec. 5. A part-time juvenile court referee shall perform the duties described in IC 31-31-3-6. As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.14. ...

Appointment of probation officers and other employees Sec. 1. The judge of the juvenile court shall appoint a chief probation officer and may appoint other probation ...

Compensation; travel expenses Sec. 2. (a) The salary of a probation officer shall be fixed by the county fiscal body in accordance with the salary schedule ...

Duties of chief probation officer Sec. 3. The chief probation officer, under the direction of the juvenile court, shall supervise the work of the probation department. ...

Duties of probation officers Sec. 4. A probation officer shall, for the purpose of carrying out the juvenile law: (1) conduct such investigations and prepare ...

Enforcement powers Sec. 5. Except for carrying a handgun as authorized under IC 11-13-1-3.5, a probation officer does not ...

Reporter; manner of reporting Sec. 1. (a) The reporter of the court having juvenile jurisdiction serves as the reporter for the juvenile court. (b) The ...

Joint or multiple county guardian ad litem or court appointed special advocate services Sec. 1. Juvenile courts situated in adjacent counties may establish joint or multiple ...

Contract to provide guardian ad litem or court appointed special advocate services Sec. 2. A juvenile court may contract to provide guardian ad litem or court ...

Inapplicability of chapter to shelter care facilities operated by other governmental entities Sec. 1. This chapter does not apply to a shelter care facility operated by ...

Juvenile detention facility; criteria Sec. 2. A juvenile detention facility is a secure facility that: (1) is only used for ...

Provision of juvenile detention and shelter care facilities; staff; budget; expenses Sec. 3. (a) The juvenile court may establish juvenile detention and shelter care facilities for ...

Operation and budget of juvenile detention or juvenile shelter care facility in certain counties Sec. 4. (a) This section applies to a county having a population ...

Rules Sec. 5. (a) Juvenile detention facilities shall be operated in accordance with rules adopted by the department of correction. (b) Shelter care facilities shall ...

Advisory committee Sec. 6. The judge may appoint an advisory committee to review the operations of each facility, except as provided by IC 31-31-9. ...

Application of chapter Sec. 1. This chapter applies to a county having a consolidated city. As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.14. ...

Operation and maintenance Sec. 2. The juvenile court shall operate and maintain all juvenile detention centers located within the county. As added by P.L.1-1997, ...

Rules; annual inspections and reports Sec. 3. (a) The juvenile detention center shall be operated in accordance with rules adopted by the department of correction. ...

Admission to juvenile detention center Sec. 4. The juvenile court judge, after soliciting the views of the advisory board described in section 8 of this chapter, ...

Superintendent; appointment; term of office Sec. 5. The juvenile court judge shall appoint a superintendent of juvenile detention centers located in the county. The superintendent serves ...

Superintendent; duties Sec. 6. Under the direction of the juvenile court judge, the superintendent shall do the following: (1) Supervise the operations of the juvenile ...

Advisory board; duties; rules Sec. 7. (a) The juvenile detention center advisory board shall: (1) review the operations of juvenile detention centers located within the ...

Advisory board; members; appointment; qualifications Sec. 8. (a) The advisory board consists of the following seven (7) members: (1) Two (2) members, appointed by the ...

Advisory board; terms of office; vacancies; reappointment; removal Sec. 9. (a) Terms of office for members of the advisory board ...

Annual budget Sec. 10. The juvenile court judge shall annually prepare the detention center budget and forward the budget to the county fiscal officer in accordance ...

Expenses Sec. 11. All expenses for the operation of the juvenile detention center shall be paid out of the county general fund. As added ...

Maintenance of information Sec. 1. The probation department for the juvenile court shall maintain information relating to delinquent children and children in need of services who ...

Report on delinquent children and children in need; filing; contents Sec. 2. (a) Each probation department shall, not later ...

Applicability of rules governing criminal trials Sec. 1. If a child is alleged to be a delinquent child, the procedures governing criminal trials apply in all ...

Applicability of laws governing criminal trials Sec. 2. If a person is charged with a crime, the laws governing criminal trials apply. As added ...

Applicability of Indiana Rules of Trial Procedure Sec. 3. In cases not subject to section 1 or 2 of this chapter, the Indiana Rules of Trial ...

Rights of child Sec. 1. Except when a child may be excluded from a hearing under IC 31-32-6, a child is entitled to: (1) cross-examine ...

Additional rights of child charged with delinquent act Sec. 2. In addition to the rights described in section 1 of this chapter, a child charged with ...

Rights of parent, guardian, or custodian Sec. 3. (a) This section applies to the following proceedings: (1) Proceedings to determine whether a child is a ...

Waiver to court having criminal jurisdiction; requirement for criminal charge or conviction Sec. 4. A child may not be charged with or convicted of a crime, ...

Parent's right to representation by counsel Sec. 5. A parent is entitled to representation by counsel in proceedings to terminate the parent-child relationship. As ...

Adjudication not considered criminal conviction; civil disability not imposed Sec. 6. (a) A child may not be considered a criminal as the result of an adjudication ...

Contact with juvenile justice system not disqualification from governmental application, examination, or appointment Sec. 7. A child's contact with the juvenile justice system does not disqualify ...

Appointment Sec. 1. The juvenile court may appoint a guardian ad litem or a court appointed special advocate, or both, for the child at any time. ...

Persons ineligible for appointment Sec. 2. A court may not appoint a party to the proceedings, an employee of a party to the proceedings, or a ...

Appointment of child's attorney as guardian ad litem or court appointed special advocate Sec. 3. A guardian ad litem or court appointed special advocate need not ...

Representation by attorney Sec. 4. The guardian ad litem or the court appointed special advocate may be represented by an attorney. As added by ...

Court appointment of attorney Sec. 5. If necessary to protect the child's interests, the court may appoint an attorney to represent the guardian ad litem or ...

Representation of best interests of child Sec. 6. A guardian ad litem or court appointed special advocate shall represent and protect the best interests of the ...

Officers of the court Sec. 7. The guardian ad litem or the court appointed special advocate, or both, shall be considered officers of the court for ...

Term of appointment Sec. 8. A guardian ad litem or court appointed special advocate serves until the juvenile court enters an order for discharge under IC ...

Fees Sec. 9. If any fees arise, payment shall be made under IC 31-40. As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.15. ...

Civil immunity Sec. 10. Except for gross misconduct, if: (1) the guardian ad litem; (2) a court appointed special advocate; (3) an ...

Persons entitled to representation by counsel Sec. 1. The following persons are entitled to be represented by counsel: (1) A child charged with a delinquent ...

Court appointment of counsel to represent child Sec. 2. (a) If: (1) a child alleged to be a delinquent child does not have an attorney ...

Court appointment of counsel to represent parent Sec. 3. (a) If: (1) a parent in proceedings to terminate the parent-child relationship ...

Payment for counsel Sec. 4. Payment for counsel shall be made under IC 31-40. As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.15. ...

Waiver of rights guaranteed to child Sec. 1. Any rights guaranteed to a child under the Constitution of the United States, the Constitution of the State ...

Child's waiver of right to meaningful consultation Sec. 2. The child may waive the child's right to meaningful consultation under section 1(2)(C) of this chapter if: ...

Admissibility of excluded statement for impeachment purposes Sec. 3. If: (1) a statement made knowingly and voluntarily cannot be admitted as evidence against a child ...

Waiver of rights during custodial interrogation Sec. 4. In determining whether any waiver of rights during custodial interrogation was made knowingly and voluntarily, the juvenile court ...

Parent's waiver of right to representation by counsel Sec. 5. A parent who is entitled to representation by counsel may waive that right if the parent ...

Waiver of service of summons Sec. 6. Any person other than the child may waive service of summons if the person does so in writing. ...

Waiver of right of parent, guardian, or custodian to be present at hearing concerning child Sec. 7. The right of a parent, guardian, or custodian to ...

Adults charged with contempt or criminal charges Sec. 1. All proceedings in the juvenile court involving adults charged with: (1) contempt of court; or ...

Exclusion of public Sec. 2. The juvenile court shall determine whether the public should be excluded from a proceeding other ...

Certain delinquency proceedings open to public Sec. 3. Except as provided in section 4 of this chapter, a ...

Closing of proceeding to protect child witness or child victim; motion Sec. 4. Upon motion of the prosecuting attorney, the child, or the child's guardian ad ...

Closing of proceeding to protect child witness or child victim; factors Sec. 5. In determining whether closing a proceeding is necessary to protect the welfare of ...

Closing of proceeding to protect child witness or child victim; findings; filing of exclusion order Sec. 6. If a proceeding is closed to the public under ...

Bench trials; jury trial for adult charged with crime Sec. 7. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), all matters in juvenile court shall be tried ...

Exclusion of child Sec. 8. In proceedings involving: (1) the termination of the parent-child relationship; or (2) a child in need of services; ...

Venue of proceedings Sec. 1. If a child is alleged to be a delinquent child or a child in need of services, proceedings under ...

Change of venue Sec. 2. A change of venue from the county may not be granted except under section 3 of this chapter. As ...

Assignment of case or supervision of child to county of child's residence Sec. 3. (a) Upon: (1) the juvenile court's own motion; (2) the ...

Affidavit; time for filing Sec. 1. Except as provided in section 2 of this chapter, a change of judge may be granted only for good cause ...

Proceedings to terminate parent-child relationship with individual convicted of criminal offense Sec. 2. The judge who presided over the trial ...

Manner of service Sec. 1. (a) Service may be made upon any person under Rule 4.1 of the Indiana Rules of Trial Procedure. (b) Personal ...

Service by publication Sec. 2. (a) If any person other than the child cannot be served in accordance with Rule 4.1 of the Indiana Rules of ...

Criminal discovery procedures; delinquency proceedings Sec. 1. In cases in which a child is alleged to be a delinquent child, the law of discovery for criminal ...

Criminal discovery procedures; adult criminal proceedings Sec. 2. In cases in which an adult is charged with a crime, the law of discovery for criminal cases ...

Civil discovery procedures Sec. 3. In cases other than those described by section 1 or 2 of this chapter, the law of discovery for civil cases ...

Admissibility of privileged communications Sec. 1. The privileged communication between: (1) a husband and wife; (2) a health care provider and the health care ...

Mental or physical examination or treatment Sec. 1. If the procedures under IC 31-32-13 are followed, the juvenile court may authorize mental or physical examinations or ...

Temporary confinement of child Sec. 2. (a) The juvenile court may order temporary confinement for not more than fourteen (14) days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal ...

Return of child after passing of emergency Sec. 3. Whenever an emergency has passed or whenever medical care is no longer necessary under section 1(2) of ...

Effect of chapter Sec. 4. This chapter is in addition to, is not limited by, and does not limit IC 16-36-3. As added by ...

Motion for issuance of order Sec. 1. Upon a juvenile court's motion or upon the motion of a child's parent, guardian, custodian, or guardian ad litem, ...

Hearing and consideration of matter Sec. 2. The juvenile court may: (1) immediately set a matter described under section 1 of this chapter for hearing; ...

Notice Sec. 3. The juvenile court must give notice to any person whose conduct will be regulated by an order issued under section 1 of this ...

Finding; admissible evidence Sec. 4. The court shall issue an order under section 1 of this chapter if the court finds that good cause to issue ...

Specificity of order Sec. 5. An order issued under section 1 of this chapter must specifically describe in reasonable detail the acts or persons to be ...

Duration of order; extension, modification, or dissolution Sec. 6. An order issued under section 1 of this chapter (or IC 31-6-7-14(a) before its repeal) remains in ...

Issuance of emergency order Sec. 7. If: (1) the juvenile court determines on the juvenile court's review of the record that an emergency exists; or ...

Duration of emergency order Sec. 8. (a) An emergency order issued under section 7 of this chapter (or IC 31-6-7-14(f) before its repeal) is valid for ...

Protective order depositories; confidential form Sec. 9. When a court issues an order or an emergency order under this chapter: (1) the clerk of the ...

Punishment for contempt Sec. 1. The juvenile court may punish a person for contempt of court under IC 34-47. As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.15. ...

Appeal and review Sec. 1. Appeals may be taken as provided by law. As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.15. ...

Involuntary treatment; drug or alcohol treatment Sec. 1. A proceeding under this chapter is separate from and does not affect: (1) a proceeding for involuntary ...

Filing of vertical petition; affidavit; placement in state owned or operated facility; participation of parent, guardian, or custodian in treatment Sec. 2. (a) A parent, guardian, ...

Vertical petition; summary of facts Sec. 3. A verified petition filed under section 2 of this chapter must include the name and age of the child ...

Ex parte probable cause determination; assessment; hearing Sec. 4. (a) The juvenile court, after making an ex parte ...

Treatment; clear and convincing evidence Sec. 5. Following a hearing, the juvenile court may order involuntary drug ...

Review hearing; additional term of treatment; findings of fact Sec. 6. (a) Before the expiration of a period of involuntary treatment, the juvenile court shall conduct ...

Participation of parent, guardian, or custodian in treatment Sec. 7. The juvenile court may order each parent, guardian, or custodian of the child to participate in ...

Modification of treatment order Sec. 8. The juvenile court may modify the original terms of involuntary drug and alcohol treatment if it finds by clear and ...

Costs and fees Sec. 9. A parent, guardian, or custodian is required to pay court costs, court fees, and the costs of assessment and treatment. Neither ...

Drug and alcohol assessment Sec. 10. Notwithstanding IC 34-46-3 and IC 25-33-1-17, the judge may order a physician or a psychologist to submit a drug and ...

Guardian ad litem Sec. 11. The judge of the juvenile court may appoint a guardian ad litem for the child at any time. As ...

Purpose of article Sec. 1. The purpose of this article is to: (1) encourage effective reporting of suspected or ...

"Department" Sec. 1. As used in this article, "department" refers to the department of child services established by section 2 of this chapter. As ...

Department established; director Sec. 2. (a) The department of child services is established. (b) The governor shall appoint a director who is responsible for administering ...

Personnel Sec. 3. The director may employ necessary personnel to carry out the department's responsibilities subject to: (1) the budget agency's approval under IC 4-12-1-13; ...

Department organization Sec. 4. The director shall determine the best manner of organizing the department to provide the necessary services throughout Indiana to fulfill the purposes ...

Child protection caseworker caseload reports Sec. 5. One (1) time every three (3) months, the department shall submit a report to the budget committee and to ...

Caseload limitations Sec. 5.5. (a) This section applies after June 30, 2008. (b) A child protection caseworker or a child welfare caseworker may not be ...

Report requirements Sec. 6. The report required under section 5 of this chapter must do the following: (1) Indicate the department's progress in recruiting, training, ...

Department duties Sec. 7. The department is responsible for the following: (1) Providing child protection services under this article. (2) Providing and ...

Child support bureau created Sec. 8. (a) The child support bureau is created within the department of child ...

Child support bureau responsibilities; parent locator service Sec. 9. (a) The bureau shall operate the state parent locator service. The bureau shall make all necessary requests ...

Procurement agreements Sec. 10. (a) The department may establish a program to procure any of the services described in section 7 of this chapter under a ...

Rules Sec. 11. The department may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 necessary to carry out the department's ...

Department as single state agency responsible for administering certain grants, funds, and programs Sec. 12. The department is the single state agency responsible for administering the ...

Repealed ( Repealed by P.L.234-2005, SEC.192.) ...

Version a Department duties Note: This version of section amended by P.L.234-2005, SEC.96. See also following version of this section amended by P.L.246-2005, SEC.215. ...

Version b Department duties Note: This version of section amended by P.L.246-2005, SEC.215. See also preceding version of this section amended by P.L.234-2005, SEC.96. ...

Department of child services; training and organization of caseworkers Sec. 2.1. (a) This section applies after June 30, 2008. (b) The ...

Department duties concerning staff Sec. 2.3. (a) This section applies after June 30, 2008. (b) The department: (1) must have sufficient qualified and trained ...

Powers and duties Sec. 3. (a) Except in cases involving a child who may be a victim of institutional abuse or cases in which police investigation ...

Notice of existence of photographs, x-rays, and physical medical examination reports Sec. 4. The department shall give notice of the existence and location of photographs, x-rays, ...

Access to photographs, x-rays, and physical medical examination reports Sec. 5. Photographs, x-rays, or physical medical examination reports shall be made available to: (1) the ...

Cooperation of public and private agencies Sec. 6. (a) The department shall cooperate with and shall seek and receive the cooperation of appropriate public and private ...

Repealed ( Repealed by P.L.234-2005, SEC.192.) ...

Purchase of services of public or private agency Sec. 8. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the department may purchase and use the services of any public ...

Judicial review of director's decisions Sec. 9. The decisions of the director under this chapter are judicially reviewable under IC 4-21.5-5. As added by ...

Members Sec. 1. (a) The community child protection team is a communitywide, multidisciplinary child protection team. The team must include the following eleven (11) members: ...

Election of team coordinator Sec. 2. The team shall elect a team coordinator from the team's membership. As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.16. ...

Duties of team coordinator Sec. 3. The team coordinator shall supply the community child protection team with the following: (1) Copies of reports ...

Meetings; agenda Sec. 4. (a) The community child protection team shall meet: (1) at least one (1) time each month; or (2) at the ...

Diagnostic and prognostic services Sec. 5. The community child protection team: (1) shall provide diagnostic and prognostic services for the department or the juvenile court; ...

Review of child abuse and neglect cases and complaints Sec. 6. The community child protection team may receive and review: (1) any case that the ...

Periodic reports Sec. 7. (a) The community child protection team's duties may include preparing a periodic report regarding the child abuse and neglect reports and complaints ...

Confidentiality of matters reviewed Sec. 8. The members of the community child protection team are bound by all applicable laws regarding the confidentiality of matters reviewed ...

Preparation and submission of local plan Sec. 1. Before February 2 of each odd-numbered year, each county office of family and children, after a public hearing, ...

Description of implementation Sec. 2. The local plan must describe the department's implementation of this article, including the following: (1) Organization. (2) Staffing. ...

Certification Sec. 3. (a) Not later than sixty (60) days after receiving the plan, the director shall certify whether the local plan fulfills the purposes and ...

Judicial review of director's decisions Sec. 4. The decisions of the director under this chapter are judicially reviewable under IC 4-21.5-5. As added by ...

Duty to make report Sec. 1. In addition to any other duty to report arising under this article, an individual who has reason to believe that ...

Notification of individual in charge of institution, school, facility, or agency; report Sec. 2. (a) If an individual is required to make a report under this ...

Effect of compliance on individual's own duty to report Sec. 3. This chapter does not relieve an individual of ...

Immediate oral report to department of child services or law enforcement agency Sec. 4. A person who has a duty under this chapter to report that ...

Immunity from civil or criminal liability Sec. 1. Except as provided in section 2 of this chapter, a person, other than a person accused of child ...

Exception for malice or bad faith Sec. 2. Immunity does not attach for a person who has acted maliciously or in bad faith. As ...

Presumption of good faith Sec. 3. A person making a report that a child may be a victim of child abuse or neglect or assisting in ...

Arrangement for receipt of reports Sec. 1. The department shall arrange for receipt, on a twenty-four (24) hour, seven (7) day per week basis, of ...

Standardized phone access system Sec. 2. To carry out section 1 of this chapter, the department must use a phone access system for receiving calls that ...

Child abuse hotline Sec. 3. The department shall cause to be inserted in each local telephone directory in the county a listing of the child abuse ...

Written report; contents Sec. 4. (a) The department shall make a written report of a child who may be a victim of child abuse or neglect ...

Written report; copies made available to law enforcement agencies, prosecuting attorney, and coroner Sec. 5. A copy of the written report of the department shall immediately ...

Coroner's investigation and report Sec. 6. Upon receiving a written report under section 5(3) of this chapter, the coroner shall: (1) accept a report for ...

Expungement of child abuse or neglect information Sec. 6.5. Child abuse or neglect information may be expunged under IC 31-39-8 if the probative value of the ...

Law enforcement agency investigation and communication of information Sec. 7. (a) When a law enforcement agency receives an initial report under IC ...

Reports to health care providers and schools; contents; confidentiality Sec. 8. (a) This section applies if the department receives a report of suspected child abuse or ...

Investigations by the department of child services; time of initiation Sec. 1. (a) The department ...

Investigations by law enforcement agencies Sec. 2. (a) Upon the receipt of each report under this chapter of known or suspected child abuse, the department shall ...

Photographs and x-rays Sec. 3. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the department shall: (1) cause color photographs to be taken of the areas ...

Notice to prosecuting attorney of reports involving child's death Sec. 4. The law enforcement agency shall: (1) give telephone notice; and (2) immediately forward ...

Forwarding copies of reports to prosecuting attorney Sec. 5. The department shall immediately forward a copy of all reports made under this article to ...

Investigatory duties of department of child services; purpose Sec. 6. The department shall promptly make a thorough investigation ...

Scope of investigation by department of child services; order for access to home, school, or other place, or for mental or physical examinations Sec. 7. (a) ...

Order for child's immediate removal; preparation of investigative report Sec. 8. (a) If, before the investigation is complete, the opinion of the law enforcement agency or ...

Provision of copies of investigative report by department of child services Sec. 9. (a) The department's report under section 8 of this chapter shall be made ...

Provision of information and copies of investigative report by law enforcement agency Sec. 10. If the law enforcement agency participates in the child abuse or neglect ...

Law enforcement agency's duty to release information to department of child services Sec. 11. In all cases, the law enforcement agency shall release information on an ...

Classifying reports as substantiated, indicated, or unsubstantiated; expungement Sec. 12. (a) Upon completion of an investigation, the department shall classify reports as substantiated, indicated, or unsubstantiated. ...

Transmitting report to registry Sec. 13. Whenever: (1) an arrest relating to child abuse or neglect is made, the law enforcement agency that makes the ...

Transmission to registry of information regarding dismissal of criminal case, not guilty verdict, or determination that child abuse or neglect has not occurred Sec. 14. Whenever: ...

Written protocol or agreement designating agency primarily responsible for investigation Sec. 1. (a) Through a written protocol or agreement, ...

Terms or conditions of protocol or agreement Sec. 2. The protocol or agreement must describe the specific terms or conditions of the designation, including the following: ...

Purchase of services of public or private agency Sec. 3. To fulfill the purposes of this chapter, the department may purchase the services of the public ...

Duty to photograph, x-ray, and physically examine trauma visible on child Sec. 1. (a) A person who: (1) is required to report cases of known ...

Photographs, x-rays, and physical medical examinations; reimbursement of costs Sec. 2. The department shall reimburse the reasonable cost of photographs, x-rays, or physical medical examinations made ...

Photographs, x-rays, and physical medical examinations; delivery to department of child services; notice of existence Sec. 3. All photographs taken and a summary of x-rays and ...

Conditions for release of child under investigation for abuse or neglect; expenses of extended hospital stay Sec. 1. (a) Whenever: (1) a child is subject ...

Offer of social services Sec. 1. Based on the investigation and evaluation conducted under this article, the department shall offer to the family or any child ...

Provision of information on obligations and authority of department of child services Sec. 2. Before offering services under section 1 of this chapter to a family, ...

Coordination, arrangement, and monitoring of services Sec. 3. The department shall coordinate, provide or arrange for, and monitor, as authorized by this article and IC 12, ...

Application of chapter Sec. 1. This chapter applies if: (1) a child abuse or neglect report is classified as substantiated; (2) the department does ...

Voluntary agreement to participate in and complete family or rehabilitation services Sec. 2. A person who is accused of child abuse or neglect may enter ...

Noncompliance; terminating agreement and entering report in child abuse registry Sec. 3. If a person who enters into an agreement under section 2 of this chapter ...

Advice regarding effect of noncompliance Sec. 4. Before a person enters into a services referral agreement under this chapter, the department shall advise the person, orally ...

Court access to information relating to agreement Sec. 5. The department shall provide a court with access to information relating to a services referral agreement whenever ...

Referral to juvenile court or prosecuting attorney Sec. 1. If the department determines that the best interests of the child require action in the juvenile or ...

Duty of department of child services to assist court Sec. 2. The department shall assist the juvenile court or the court having criminal jurisdiction during all ...

Appointment Sec. 1. In every judicial proceeding under this article, the court may appoint for the child a guardian ad litem or a court appointed special ...

Access to reports Sec. 2. The guardian ad litem or the court appointed special advocate, or both, shall be given access under IC 31-39 to: ...

Costs of services of guardian ad litem Sec. 3. Any costs related to the services of a guardian ad litem shall be paid according to IC ...

Review of status of child removed from family Sec. 1. The juvenile court shall review the status of a child removed from the child's family under ...

"Child care provider" defined Sec. 0.5. As used in this chapter, "child care provider" means a person who provides child care (as defined in IC 12-7-2-28.2) ...

Establishment and purpose Sec. 1. The department shall establish and maintain a centralized, computerized child abuse registry for the purpose of organizing and accessing data regarding ...

Entry of substantiated reports Sec. 2. The department shall enter a substantiated report into the registry only if at least one (1) of the following applies: ...

Entry of unsubstantiated reports prohibited Sec. 3. The department may not enter an unsubstantiated report into the registry. As added by P.L.1-1997, ...

Format of data Sec. 4. The department shall store data regarding the child abuse or neglect reports in a manner so that the data is accessible ...

Rules ensuring confidentiality and access to reports Sec. 5. The department shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 for the purpose of ensuring that the confidentiality and ...

Access to information Sec. 6. Upon request, a person or an organization may have access to information contained in the registry as follows: (1) A ...

Administration of registry and automated child protection system Sec. 7. The department shall administer the registry and the automated child protection system under IC 31-33-20 in ...

Notice of entry of report; request for administrative hearing by alleged perpetrator Sec. 8. (a) This section does not apply to substantiated cases if a court ...

Duties of Indiana criminal justice institute Sec. 9. The Indiana criminal justice institute shall do the following: (1) ...

Notice of name change Sec. 10. (a) Whenever a court grants a name change under IC 34-28-2 (or IC 34-4-6 before its repeal) to a person: ...

Confidentiality; exceptions Sec. 1. (a) Except as provided in section 1.5 of this chapter, the following are confidential: (1) Reports made under this article (or ...

Certain records held by governmental entities not confidential if redacted; procedure for redacting records Sec. 1.5. (a) This section applies to records held by: (1) ...

Disclosure of unredacted material to certain persons Sec. 2. The reports and other material described in section 1(a) of this chapter and the unredacted reports and ...

Disclosure to qualified researchers Sec. 3. (a) Section 2 of this chapter does not prevent the county office of family and children or the department from ...

Notice to parent, guardian, or custodian of availability of reports, information, and juvenile court records; release form; copying costs Sec. 4. (a) Whenever a child abuse ...

Conduct of administrative hearing Sec. 1. Except as provided in sections 6 and 7 of this chapter, the department shall conduct an administrative hearing under IC ...

Burden of proof Sec. 2. At the administrative hearing, the classifying agency must prove by some credible evidence that the alleged perpetrator is responsible for the ...

Hearsay evidence Sec. 3. During an administrative hearing under section 1 of this chapter, the administrative hearing officer shall consider hearsay evidence to be competent evidence ...

Amendment or expungement of report Sec. 4. If the classifying agency fails to carry the burden of proof under section 2 of this chapter, the department ...

Confidentiality Sec. 5. (a) The confidentiality of an abuse or a neglect report must, to the extent possible, be maintained during the administrative process. (b) ...

Binding effect of court determination; stay pending court action Sec. 6. (a) If a court having jurisdiction over a child in need of services has determined ...

Judicial review as bar to administrative hearing Sec. 7. A person named as an alleged perpetrator in a report of suspected child abuse or neglect whose ...

Time for expungement Sec. 8. (a) The department shall expunge identifying information in a substantiated report contained within the registry as follows: (1) Not later ...

Amendment or expungement of substantiated report containing inaccuracy Sec. 9. The department shall immediately amend or expunge from the registry a substantiated report containing an inaccuracy ...

Establishment Sec. 1. The department shall establish and maintain an automated child protection system. As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.16. Amended ...

Components Sec. 2. The system consists of the following components: (1) One (1) computer to be purchased for every two (2) child welfare caseworkers. ...

Additional components Sec. 3. (a) In addition to the components under section 2 of this chapter, the system must have the capability to maintain a case ...

Levels of security for confidentiality; comprehensive system for limited access to information Sec. 4. At least ten (10) levels of security for confidentiality in the system ...

Duties of Indiana criminal justice institute Sec. 5. The Indiana criminal justice institute shall do the following: ...

Payment of costs for services Sec. 1. The costs of any services ordered by the court for any child or the child's parent, guardian, or custodian ...

Failure to make report Sec. 1. (a) A person who knowingly fails to make a report required by IC 31-33-5-1 commits a Class B misdemeanor. ...

Obtaining child abuse information under false pretenses; knowingly falsifying records or interfering with an investigation Sec. 2. (a) An individual who knowingly requests, obtains, or seeks ...

False reports; criminal and civil liability; notification of prosecuting attorney Sec. 3. (a) A person who intentionally communicates to: (1) a law enforcement agency; or ...

Failure to notify of name change Sec. 4. A person who intentionally violates IC 31-33-17-10 commits a Class B misdemeanor. As added by ...

Access by accused to false report Sec. 5. A person who is accused of committing child abuse or neglect is entitled to access to a report ...

Inability, refusal, or neglect of parent, guardian, or custodian to supply child with necessary food, clothing, shelter, medical care, education, or supervision Sec. 1. A child ...

Act or omission of parent, guardian, or custodian seriously endangering child's physical or mental health Sec. 2. (a) A ...

Victim of sex offense; living in household with victim of sex offense Sec. 3. (a) A child is a child in need of services if, before ...

Parent, guardian, or custodian allowing child's participation in obscene performance Sec. 4. A child is a child in need of services if before the child becomes ...

Parent, guardian, or custodian allowing child to commit sex offense Sec. 5. A child is a child in need of services if before the child becomes ...

Child substantially endangering own or another's health Sec. 6. A child is a child in need of services if before the child becomes eighteen (18) years ...

Parent, guardian, or custodian failing to participate in school disciplinary proceeding Sec. 7. A child is a child in need of services if before the child ...

Missing child Sec. 8. A child is a child in need of services if before the child becomes eighteen (18) years of age: (1) the ...

Disabled child deprived of necessary nutrition or medical or surgical intervention Sec. 9. A child in need of services under ...

Child born with fetal alcohol syndrome or with controlled substance or legend drug in child's body Sec. 10. ...

Risks or injuries arising from use of alcohol, controlled substance, or legend drug by child's mother during pregnancy Sec. 11. Except as provided in sections 12 ...

Exception for mother's good faith use of legend drug according to prescription Sec. 12. A child is not a child in need of services under section ...

Exception for mother's good faith use of controlled substance according to prescription Sec. 13. A child is not a child in need of services under section ...

Exception for failure of parent, guardian, or custodian to provide medical treatment because of religious beliefs; rebuttable presumption; effect of presumption Sec. 14. If a parent, ...

Effect of chapter on use of corporal punishment or religious practices Sec. 15. This chapter does not do ...

Termination of parental rights or transfer of custody may not be required; voluntary placement agreements Sec. 16. (a) The division of family and children may not: ...

Court order to take child into custody Sec. 1. A child may be taken into custody by a law enforcement officer under an order of the ...

Taking alleged perpetrator into custody; protective order Sec. 2. (a) A law enforcement officer may take a person into custody if the law enforcement officer has ...

Taking child into custody without court order; documentation Sec. 3. (a) If a law enforcement officer's action under section 2 of this chapter will not adequately ...

Missing child taken into custody without court order Sec. 4. A child may be taken into custody by: (1) a law enforcement officer; (2) ...

Missing child taken into custody under court order Sec. 5. If a child in need of services is a missing child and is taken into custody ...

Documentation by person taking child into custody without court order; forms Sec. 6. (a) A person taking a child into custody under section 3 of this ...

Emergency medical services provider taking custody of child Sec. 1. (a) An emergency medical services provider shall, without a court order, take custody of a child ...

Notice to department of child services Sec. 2. (a) Immediately after an emergency medical services provider takes custody of a child under section 1 of this ...

Treatment as child taken into custody without court order Sec. 3. A child for whom the department of child services assumes care, control, and custody under ...

Duties of attorney for department of child services Sec. 4. Whenever a child is taken into custody without a court order under this chapter, the attorney ...

Procedures for notice to custodial parent, guardian, or custodian Sec. 1. If a child is taken into custody under IC 31-34-2, the department of child services ...

Procedures for notice; custodial parent, guardian, or custodian who cannot be located Sec. 2. Subject to section 3 of this chapter, if after making a reasonable ...

Procedures for notice; custodial parent, guardian, or custodian believed to reside outside Indiana Sec. 3. If the custodial parent, guardian, or custodian is believed to reside ...

Notice of contact person for more information; notice to each parent Sec. 4. The notice required by this chapter must: (1) identify a person or ...

Immediate needs of child as first priority of department of child services Sec. 5. The department of child services ...

Application of chapter Sec. 1. This chapter applies only to a child alleged to be a child in need of services. As added by ...

Placement of child with relative caretaker; criminal history check required; exceptions Sec. 2. (a) If a child alleged to be a child in need of services ...

Order to take child to designated place pending detention hearing Sec. 3. If a child is taken into custody under an order of the court, the ...

Release, delivery, or detention of child taken into custody without court order Sec. 4. If a child is taken into custody without an order of the ...

Investigation, release, or detention by intake officer of child taken into custody without court order Sec. 5. If the child was not taken into custody under ...

Duty to inform parent, custodian, or guardian of legal rights Sec. 6. (a) The county office of family and children shall submit written information to a ...

Time for hearing; notice Sec. 1. If a child taken into custody under IC 31-34-2 is not released, a detention hearing shall be held not later ...

Hearing after emergency medical services provider takes custody of child Sec. 1.5. (a) This section applies to a child taken into custody under IC 31-34-2.5. ...

Findings Sec. 2. If a child has been removed from the child's parent, guardian, or custodian under IC 31-34-2-3 or IC 31-34-2-4, then, in accordance with ...

Release; findings required for detention order Sec. 3. The juvenile court shall release the child to the child's parent, guardian, or custodian. However, the court may ...

Order to appear for additional detention hearing Sec. 4. Upon the juvenile court's own motion or upon the motion of the person representing the interests of ...

Petition for additional detention hearings Sec. 5. A child detained under section 3 or 4 of this chapter or the child's parent, guardian, or custodian may ...

Detention in certain facilities prohibited Sec. 1. A child alleged to be a child in need of services may not be held in: (1) a ...

Placement with family member Sec. 2. A court shall consider placing a child alleged to be a child in need of services with an appropriate family ...

Placement in facility located outside child's county of residence Sec. 3. A court may not place a child in: (1) a community based correctional facility ...

Preliminary inquiry Sec. 1. A person may give an intake officer written information indicating that a child is a child in need of services. If the ...

Provision of preliminary inquiry and recommendation to prosecuting attorney or attorney for county office of family and children Sec. 2. The intake officer shall send to ...

Decision whether to request authorization to file petition Sec. 3. The person representing the interests of the state and receiving the preliminary inquiry and recommendations shall ...

Access by accused to report Sec. 4. A person who is accused of committing child abuse or neglect is entitled under IC 31-33-18-2(14) to access to ...

Implementation of program Sec. 1. After the preliminary inquiry and upon approval by the juvenile court, the intake officer may implement a program of informal adjustment ...

Consent Sec. 2. The child and the child's parent, guardian, custodian, or attorney must consent to a program of informal adjustment. As added by ...

Petition for compliance; notice; hearing; order; contempt Sec. 3. (a) Upon the filing of a petition for compliance and after notice and a hearing on the ...

Advisement regarding entry of information into child abuse registry Sec. 4. (a) The advisement required by this section applies only ...

Transmission of report to child abuse registry Sec. 5. Whenever the court approves a program of informal adjustment arising out of ...

Duration of program; extension Sec. 6. A program of informal adjustment may not exceed six (6) months, except by approval of the juvenile court. The juvenile ...

Report on extent of compliance Sec. 7. (a) Not later than five (5) months after a court approves a program of informal adjustment under this chapter, ...

Informal adjustment program fee; order for payment Sec. 8. The juvenile court may order each child who participates in a program of informal adjustment or the ...

Informal adjustment program fee; collection and disposition Sec. 9. (a) The probation department for the juvenile court shall: (1) collect the informal adjustment program fee ...

Request for authorization to file petition; representation of interests of state Sec. 1. The prosecuting attorney or the attorney for the ...

Authorization to file petition; evidence; finding Sec. 2. The juvenile court shall do the following: (1) Consider the preliminary inquiry and ...

Petition; verification and contents Sec. 3. A petition must: (1) be verified; (2) be entitled "In the Matter of ________, a Child Alleged to ...

Error in or omission of citation; effect Sec. 4. Error in a citation or the omission of a citation is ground for: (1) dismissal of ...

Written request that child be taken into custody; evidence; finding Sec. 5. (a) If a petition is authorized, the person filing may request in writing that ...

Detention hearing Sec. 6. If the juvenile court grants the request to have the child taken into custody, the court shall proceed under IC 31-34-5-1 and ...

Parties Sec. 7. The: (1) child; (2) child's parents, guardian, or custodian; (3) county office of family and children; and (4) guardian ...

Dismissal on motion of person representing interests of state Sec. 8. (a) A person representing the interests of the state may file a motion to dismiss ...

Application of chapter Sec. 1. This chapter applies only to a child alleged to be a child in need of services. As added by ...

Initial hearing; service of copy of petition and summons Sec. 2. (a) The juvenile court shall hold an initial hearing on each petition. (b) The ...

Repealed ( Repealed by P.L.217-2001, SEC.16.) ...

Appointment of guardian ad litem or court appointed special advocate Sec. 3. Before complying with the other requirements of this chapter, the juvenile court shall first ...

Duty to inform child and parent, guardian, or custodian of nature of allegations and dispositional alternatives Sec. 4. The court shall next inform the child, if ...

Duty to inform parent or guardian of estate of effect of adjudication Sec. 5. The juvenile court shall ...

Admission or denial of allegations by parent, guardian, or custodian Sec. 6. Except if a petition is filed under IC ...

Child's admission or denial of allegations Sec. 7. If a petition alleges that the child is a child in need of services under IC 31-34-1-6, the ...

Procedure following admission of allegations by parent, guardian, or custodian Sec. 8. If the parent, guardian, or custodian admits the allegations under section 6 of this ...

Dispositional hearing; factfinding hearing; consent Sec. 9. (a) If the allegations of a petition have been admitted, the juvenile court may hold a dispositional hearing immediately ...

Hearing requirement Sec. 1. Unless the allegations of a petition have been admitted, the juvenile court shall hold a factfinding hearing. As added by ...

Judgment; order of predisposition report; scheduling of dispositional hearing Sec. 2. If the court finds that a child is a child in need of services, the ...

Discharge of child Sec. 3. If the court finds that a child is not a child in need of services, the court shall discharge the child. ...

Judgment entry; continuance; release from juvenile detention facility pending entry of judgment Sec. 4. (a) Except as provided in subsection ...

Burden of proof of delinquent act or crime Sec. 1. A finding by a juvenile court that a child committed a delinquent act, or that an ...

Burden of proof in proceedings to terminate parental rights Sec. 2. Except as provided in IC 31-35-2-4.5(d), a finding in a proceeding to terminate parental rights ...

Burden of proof in other cases Sec. 3. A finding not covered by section 1 or 2 of this chapter must be based upon a preponderance ...

Presumption that child is child in need of services Sec. 4. A rebuttable presumption is raised that the child is a child in need of services ...

Presumption if living in household with victim of sex offense Sec. 4.5. (a) There is a rebuttable presumption that a child is a child in need ...

Admissibility of evidence of prior or subsequent acts or omissions Sec. 5. Evidence that a prior or subsequent act or omission by a parent, guardian, ...

Admissibility of privileged communications Sec. 6. Neither: (1) the physician-patient privilege; nor (2) the husband-wife privilege; is grounds for excluding evidence in a proceeding ...

Application of chapter Sec. 1. This chapter applies to an action initiated to determine if a child is a child in need of services under: ...

Admissibility of statements or videotapes Sec. 2. A statement or videotape that: (1) is made by a child who at the time of the statement ...

Requirements for admissibility of statements or videotapes Sec. 3. A statement or videotape described in section 2 of this chapter is admissible in evidence in an ...

Informing parties of intention to introduce and contents of statements and videotapes Sec. 4. A statement or videotape may not be admitted ...

Application of chapter Sec. 1. This chapter applies to an action to determine whether a child is a child in need of services under: (1) ...

Court order for use of closed circuit television Sec. 2. On the motion of the prosecuting attorney or the attorney for the county office of family ...

Court order for use of videotapes Sec. 3. On the motion of the prosecuting attorney or the attorney for the county office of family and children, ...

Children may testify outside court proceeding; informing parties of intention to testify Sec. 4. The court may not make an order under section 2 or 3 ...

Persons who may be present during child's testimony; closed circuit television Sec. 5. If the court makes an order under section 2 ...

Persons who may be present during child's testimony; videotapes Sec. 6. If the court makes an order under section 3 of this chapter, only the following ...

Persons who may question child Sec. 7. If the court makes an order under section 2 or 3 of this chapter, only the following persons may ...

Requirement of case plan Sec. 1. In accordance with federal law, a case plan is required for each child in need of services who is under ...

Time for completion Sec. 2. The county office of family and children, after negotiating with the child's parent, guardian, or custodian, shall complete a child's case ...

Provision of copy of completed case plan Sec. 3. A copy of the completed case plan shall be sent to the child's parent, guardian, or custodian ...

Form; contents Sec. 4. A child's case plan must be set out in a form prescribed by the division of family and children that meets the ...

Cooperation in development of plan Sec. 5. Each foster parent of a child and the county office of family and children shall cooperate in the development ...

Filing of paternity action by local prosecuting attorney's office Sec. 6. (a) This section applies whenever a child who was born out of wedlock is: ...

Standing Sec. 1. Any of the following may sign and file a petition for the juvenile court to require the participation of a parent, guardian, or ...

Verification Sec. 2. A petition filed under section 1 of this chapter must be verified. As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.17. ...

Caption; allegations Sec. 3. A petition seeking participation of a parent, guardian, or custodian must be entitled "In the Matter of the Participation of _________ the ...

Hearing; advisement to parent; decree Sec. 4. (a) The court may hold a hearing on a petition concurrently with a dispositional hearing ...

Repealed ( Repealed by P.L.133-2002, SEC.69.) ...

Predispositional report; recommendation of care, treatment, or rehabilitation of child; alternative reports Sec. 1. (a) Upon finding that a child is a child in need of ...

Consultation with experts; participants in conference Sec. 1.1. (a) The person preparing the report under section 1 of this chapter: (1) may; or (2) ...

Mandatory attendance of child's school representative at conference Sec. 1.2. If a child in need of services is known to be eligible for special education services ...

Reports by meeting participants Sec. 1.3. (a) The individuals participating in a meeting described in section 1.1 of this chapter shall assist the person preparing the ...

Predispositional report; participation by parent, guardian, or custodian; out-of-home placement with blood or adoptive relative caretaker Sec. 2. (a) In addition to ...

Financial reports Sec. 3. The probation officer or caseworker shall also prepare a financial report on the parent or the estate of the child to assist ...

Recommendation on care, treatment, rehabilitation, or placement Sec. 4. If consistent with the safety and best interest of the child and the community, the person preparing ...

Examinations Sec. 5. The juvenile court may do the following: (1) Authorize any examination of the child under IC 31-32-12. (2) Make provision for ...

Disclosure Sec. 6. (a) Predispositional reports shall be made available within a reasonable time before the dispositional hearing, unless the juvenile ...

Predispositional report; contents Sec. 6.1. (a) The predispositional report prepared by a probation officer or caseworker shall include the following information: (1) A description of ...

Dispositional hearing; issues for consideration Sec. 1. The juvenile court shall hold a dispositional hearing to consider the following: (1) Alternatives for the ...

Mandatory attendance at predispositional hearing by report preparer Sec. 1.1. At a dispositional hearing under this chapter, the person that prepared the predispositional ...

Admissibility of reports Sec. 2. (a) Any predispositional report may be admitted into evidence to the extent that the report contains evidence of probative value even ...

Civil commitment of mentally ill child Sec. 3. If it appears to the juvenile court that a child is mentally ill, the court may: ...

Discharge of child; continuance of proceeding; release of county office of family and children from obligations to child Sec. 4. If: (1) a child is ...

Release of county office of family and children from obligations to child placed in state institution for voluntary treatment Sec. 5. If the court authorizes a ...

Dispositional decree; factors Sec. 6. If consistent with the safety of the community and the best interest of the child, the juvenile court shall enter a ...

Factors to consider for dispositional decrees that include out-of-home placement Sec. 7. In addition to the factors under section 6 of this chapter, if the court ...

Provision of copies of dispositional report Sec. 8. The juvenile court shall send a copy of the dispositional report described in section 10 of this chapter ...

Advisement of modification procedures Sec. 9. The juvenile court shall advise the child and the child's parent, guardian, or custodian of the procedures under IC 31-34-23. ...

Findings and conclusions Sec. 10. The juvenile court shall accompany the court's dispositional decree with written findings and ...

Entry of dispositional decrees Sec. 1. Subject to section 1.5 of this chapter, if a child is a child in need of services, the juvenile court ...

Placement in household with certain individuals prohibited; exceptions; criminal history checks Sec. 1.5. (a) Except as provided in subsection (d) the juvenile ...

Dispositional decree that includes no contact order; protective order depository; confidential form Sec. 2. If a court enters a dispositional decree that includes a no contact ...

Order for participation by parent, guardian, or custodian in program of care, treatment, or rehabilitation for child Sec. 3. ...

Decrees limiting contact with child; copies to parties and law enforcement agencies Sec. 4. (a) The clerk of the court that enters a dispositional decree under ...

Determination and reporting of legal settlement of child Sec. 5. (a) This section applies if a juvenile court: (1) places a child; (2) changes ...

Emancipation of child; findings; terms Sec. 6. (a) The juvenile court may emancipate a child under section 1(5) of this chapter if the court finds that ...

Progress reports; procedure for modification of decree Sec. 1. (a) At any time after the date of an original dispositional decree, the juvenile court may order: ...

Periodic case review Sec. 2. (a) In accordance with federal law, the case of each child in need of services under the supervision of the county ...

Progress report required before case review Sec. 3. Before a case review under section 2 of this chapter, the probation department or the county office of ...

Notice of case review; testimony in periodic case review Sec. 4. (a) Except as provided in subsection (f), at least ten (10) days before the periodic ...

Foster parent's intervention Sec. 4.5. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) a foster parent, long term foster parent, or a person who has been a ...

"Long term foster parent" Sec. 4.6. As used in this section, "long term foster parent" means a foster parent who has provided care and supervision for ...

Determination; findings Sec. 5. (a) The court shall determine: (1) whether the child's case plan, services, and placement meet the special needs and best interests ...

Reasonable efforts to preserve and reunify families Sec. 5.5. (a) In determining the extent to which reasonable efforts to reunify or preserve a family are appropriate ...

Exceptions to requirement to make reasonable efforts to preserve and reunify families Sec. 5.6. (a) A court may make a finding described in this section at ...

Permanency plan; requirement; approval; reports and orders not required Sec. 5.7. (a) This section applies at any phase of a child in need of services ...

Out-of-home or permanent placement; progress reports and case reviews not required Sec. 5.8. (a) This section applies only if a court has approved a permanency plan ...

Repealed ( Repealed by P.L.35-1998, SEC.28.) 31-34-21-7 ...

Internet posting of nonidentifying information Sec. 7.3. (a) This section applies after: (1) a court authorizes the filing of a petition to terminate the parent-child ...

Permanency plans prohibited if household contains certain individuals; exceptions Sec. 7.5. (a) Except as provided in subsection (d), the juvenile ...

Permanency plan; guardianship Sec. 7.7. If the juvenile court approves a permanency plan under section 7 of this chapter that provides for the appointment of a ...

Progress report required before formal hearing Sec. 8. Before a hearing under section 7 of this chapter, the probation department or the county office of family ...

Foster care review board Sec. 9. (a) The juvenile court may assign cases to a foster care review board established by the court to assist the ...

Review of child's legal settlement Sec. 10. (a) This section applies when a juvenile court reviews the implementation of a decree under this chapter or any ...

Discharge of child Sec. 11. When the juvenile court finds that the objectives of the dispositional decree have been met, the court shall discharge the child ...

Progress report; modification report Sec. 1. (a) Before a case review under IC 31-34-21-2 or hearing under IC 31-34-21-7, the probation department or the county office ...

Providing copies of reports and factual summaries of reports Sec. 2. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a report prepared by the state: (1) ...

Admissibility of reports and factual summaries of reports Sec. 3. (a) Any report may be admitted into evidence to the extent that the report contains evidence ...

Motion for modification Sec. 1. While the juvenile court retains jurisdiction under IC 31-30-2, the juvenile court may ...

Award of guardianship of child to department of correction Sec. 2. If a child has been in the custody of the department of correction under the ...

Notice and hearing requirements; temporary order for emergency change in child's residence Sec. 3. (a) If the petitioner requests an emergency change in the child's residence, ...

Modification report Sec. 4. If a hearing is required, IC 31-34-18 governs the preparation and use of ...

"Plan" defined Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "plan" means a community services plan for early intervention services to achieve the purposes described in section ...

"Team" defined Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "team" means: (1) an early intervention plan team appointed as provided in section 4 of this ...

Early intervention plan; establishment Sec. 3. Each county shall develop a community services plan for early intervention that is tailored to provide services targeted to the ...

Team establishment and membership Sec. 4. (a) Before March 1, 1998, each county shall establish a team to develop a plan as described in this chapter. ...

Designation of existing organization as team Sec. 5. If a county has in existence a committee, council, or other organized group that includes representatives of all ...

Organizational meeting Sec. 6. (a) The county director shall convene an organizational meeting of the members of the team appointed under section 4 of this ...

Submission of plan for review and comment Sec. 7. Before January 1 of each year, the team shall prepare and submit to the judges having juvenile ...

Review of existing programs Sec. 8. In preparing the plan, the team shall review and consider existing publicly and privately funded programs that are available or ...

Plan objectives Sec. 9. The objectives of the plan include the following: (1) Promoting the welfare of children and self sufficiency of families with children ...

Adoption of existing plan Sec. 10. The team may adopt as its plan an existing plan for provision of family preservation services, as defined in IC ...

Recommendations for modification of plan Sec. 11. The director or the state superintendent of public instruction may, not later than ...

Approval or rejection of plan Sec. 12. Not later than sixty (60) days after receiving the plan, the county fiscal body shall do one (1) of ...

Budget and appropriations from family and children's fund Sec. 13. (a) Upon receiving the initial plan and each revised or updated plan, the county fiscal body ...

Team meetings Sec. 14. (a) The team shall meet at least one (1) time each year to do the following: (1) Develop, review, or revise ...

Transmission of copies of plan Sec. 15. The team or the county fiscal body shall transmit copies of the plan, each annual ...

Publication of plan Sec. 16. The team or the county fiscal body shall publicize to residents of the county the existence and availability of the plan. ...

Multicounty plan Sec. 17. Two (2) or more contiguous counties may, by agreement of the counties' county directors, establish a joint team and adopt a single ...

Use of available services Sec. 18. The: (1) juvenile court, in implementing a program of informal adjustment for a child under IC 31-34-8; and ...

Repealed ( Repealed by P.L.273-1999, SEC.124.) ...

Eligible to file petition for no contact order Sec. 1. Any of the following may sign and file a petition for the juvenile court to require ...

Verification Sec. 2. A petition filed under section 1 of this chapter must be verified. As added by P.L.133-2002, SEC.35. ...

Petition requirements Sec. 3. A petition seeking to restrain a person from contact must be entitled "In the Matter of a No Contact Order for ___________". ...

Hearing; findings Sec. 4. (a) The court may hold a hearing on a petition concurrently with a dispositional hearing or with ...

Protective order depository Sec. 5. If a court enters a decree that requires a person to refrain from direct or indirect contact with a child, the ...

Application of chapter Sec. 1. This chapter applies to the voluntary termination of the parent-child relationship by parents. As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.18. ...

Law governing proceedings Sec. 2. Proceedings under this chapter are governed by the procedures prescribed by: (1) IC 31-32-1, IC 31-32-4 through IC ...

Jurisdiction Sec. 3. The probate court has concurrent original jurisdiction with the juvenile court in proceedings on a petition filed under this chapter for the voluntary ...

Petition; verification and contents Sec. 4. (a) If requested by the parents: (1) the county office of family and children; or (2) a licensed ...

Putative father's consent to termination irrevocably implied Sec. 4.5. The putative father's consent to the termination of the parent-child relationship is irrevocably implied without further court ...

Notice of hearing Sec. 5. The parents shall be notified of the hearing in accordance with IC 31-32-9. As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.18. ...

Consent; written denial of paternity bars challenge to adoption or termination of parental rights Sec. 6. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the parents must ...

Inquiry on parents' absence; investigation of fraud, duress, and competency to consent; order for child's care pending outcome of case Sec. 7. (a) Before the court ...

Advice to parents Sec. 8. Before consent may be given in court, the court must advise the parents of: (1) their constitutional and other legal ...

Consent by incompetent or minor parent Sec. 9. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a parent who is incompetent may give consent to termination only ...

Determination Sec. 10. (a) If: (1) the court determines that the allegations in the petition described in section 4 of this chapter are true; and ...

Default judgment; waiver of notice Sec. 11. (a) If the court makes findings of fact upon the record that: (1) one (1) parent has made ...

Contents of advice to parents Sec. 12. For purposes of sections 6 and 8 of this chapter, the parents must be advised that: (1) their ...

Application of chapter Sec. 1. This chapter applies to the termination of the parent-child relationship involving: (1) a delinquent child; or (2) a child ...

Law governing proceedings Sec. 2. Proceedings under this chapter are governed by the procedures prescribed by: (1) IC 31-32-1, IC 31-32-4 through IC 31-32-10, ...

Jurisdiction Sec. 3. The probate court has concurrent original jurisdiction with the juvenile court in proceedings on a petition to terminate the parent-child relationship involving a ...

Petition; contents Sec. 4. (a) A petition to terminate the parent-child relationship involving a delinquent child or a child in need of services may be signed ...

Petition; filing; motion to dismiss Sec. 4.5. (a) This section applies if: (1) a court has made a finding under IC 31-34-21-5.6 that reasonable efforts ...

Representation of state's interests Sec. 5. Upon the filing of a petition under section 4 of this chapter: (1) the attorney for the county office ...

Request for hearing; time Sec. 6. Except when a hearing is required after June 30, 1999, under section 4.5 of this chapter, the person filing the ...

Notice of hearing Sec. 6.5. (a) This section applies to hearings under this chapter relating to a child in need of services. (b) At least ...

Guardian ad litem or court appointed special advocate Sec. 7. (a) If a parent objects to the termination of the parent-child relationship, the court shall appoint: ...

Determination Sec. 8. (a) Except as provided in section 4.5(d) of this chapter, if the court finds that the allegations in a petition described in section ...

Application of chapter Sec. 1. This chapter applies to the termination of the parent-child relationship between an individual convicted of an offense listed in section 4(1) ...

Law governing proceedings Sec. 2. Proceedings under this chapter are governed by the procedures prescribed by: (1) IC 31-32-1, IC 31-32-4 through IC 31-32-10, ...

Jurisdiction Sec. 3. The probate court has concurrent original jurisdiction with the juvenile court in proceedings on a petition to terminate the parent-child relationship under this ...

Petition; conviction of certain offenses Sec. 4. If: (1) an individual is convicted of the offense of: (A) murder (IC 35-42-1-1); (B) causing ...

Petition; verification and contents Sec. 5. The verified petition filed under section 4 of this chapter must: (1) be entitled "In ...

Representation of state's interests Sec. 6. (a) The person filing the petition shall represent the interests of the state in all subsequent proceedings on the petition. ...

Request for hearing; time Sec. 7. (a) The person filing the petition may request that the court set the petition for a hearing. (b) Whenever ...

Conviction as prima facie evidence Sec. 8. A showing that an individual has been convicted of an offense described in section 4(1) of this chapter is ...

Determination Sec. 9. (a) If the court finds that the allegations in a petition described in section 4 of this chapter are true, the court shall ...

Application of chapter Sec. 1. This chapter applies to an action initiated to terminate a parent-child relationship under: (1) IC 31-35-2; or (2) IC ...

Admissibility of statements or videotapes Sec. 2. A statement or videotape that: (1) is made by a child who at the time of the statement ...

Requirements for admissibility of statements or videotapes Sec. 3. A statement or videotape described in section 2 of this chapter is admissible in evidence in an ...

Informing parties of intention to introduce and contents of statements and videotapes Sec. 4. A statement or videotape may not be admitted ...

Application of chapter Sec. 1. This chapter applies to an action to determine whether to terminate a parent-child relationship under: (1) IC 31-35-2; or ...

Court order for use of closed circuit television Sec. 2. On the motion of the prosecuting attorney or the attorney for the county office of family ...

Court order for use of videotapes Sec. 3. On the motion of the prosecuting attorney or the attorney for the county office of family and children, ...

Children who may testify outside courtroom; informing parties of intention to testify Sec. 4. The court may not make an order under section 2 or 3 ...

Persons who may be present during child's testimony; closed circuit television Sec. 5. If the court makes an order under section 2 ...

Persons who may be present during child's testimony; videotapes Sec. 6. If the court makes an order under section 3 of this chapter, only the following ...

Persons who may question child testifying by closed circuit television or videotape Sec. 7. If the court makes ...

Disposition upon termination of parent-child relationship; review Sec. 1. (a) If the juvenile or probate court terminates ...

Referral for adoption; duties of guardian ad litem or court appointed special advocate Sec. 2. If the juvenile or ...

Referral for adoption; effect of appeal of decision terminating parent-child relationship Sec. 3. An appeal of a court's decision regarding the termination of the parent-child relationship ...

Rights, privileges, and obligations of parent and child upon termination of relationship Sec. 4. (a) If the ...

Contents of reports Sec. 1. A law enforcement agency in which a notification about a missing child has been made shall prepare a report on the ...

Time for preparing report Sec. 2. The law enforcement agency shall prepare the report required by section 1 of this chapter as soon as practicable, but ...

Agencies that are to receive report Sec. 3. Upon completion of the report required by section 1 of this chapter, the law enforcement agency shall immediately ...

Child care centers or homes and schools that are to receive report Sec. 4. Not later than fifteen (15) days after completion of the report required ...

School record attachments of missing children; procedure upon request for records Sec. 5. (a) Upon receiving a report under section 4 of this chapter, a school ...

Time for instituting investigation Sec. 1. A law enforcement agency shall begin an investigation concerning the missing child not later than twenty-four (24) hours after receiving ...

Investigatory duties of law enforcement agency Sec. 2. A law enforcement agency involved in the investigation of a missing child shall do the following: (1) ...

Dental records; examination; copies Sec. 3. (a) If a child has: (1) been reported missing to a law enforcement agency; and (2) not been ...

Fingerprint records; release; destruction Sec. 4. (a) A state or local governmental agency or a public or private organization maintaining a record of the fingerprints of ...

Arrest warrant issuance for persons abducting or unlawfully retaining child; reporting requirements Sec. 5. (a) If an arrest warrant ...

Notification upon finding missing child Sec. 6. When a law enforcement agency is notified that a child for whom that agency prepared a report under IC ...

Delinquent child defined Sec. 1. A child is a delinquent child if, before becoming eighteen (18) years of age, the child commits a delinquent act ...

Delinquent act Sec. 2. A child commits a delinquent act if, before becoming eighteen (18) years of age, the child commits an act that would be ...

Delinquent child defined Sec. 1. A child is a delinquent child if, before becoming eighteen (18) years of age, the child: (1) commits a ...

Delinquent act; leaving home without permission of parent, guardian, or custodian Sec. 2. A child commits a delinquent act ...

Delinquent act; violation of compulsory school attendance law Sec. 3. A child commits a delinquent act if, before becoming eighteen (18) years of age, the child ...

Delinquent act; habitual disobedience of parent, guardian, or custodian Sec. 4. A child commits a delinquent act if, before becoming ...

Delinquent act; curfew violation Sec. 5. A child commits a delinquent act if, before becoming eighteen (18) years of age, the child commits a curfew violation ...

Delinquent act; violation concerning minors and alcoholic beverages Sec. 6. A child commits a delinquent act if, before becoming eighteen (18) years of age, the child ...

Repealed ( Repealed by P.L.79-2001, SEC.4.) ...

Children 15 through 17 years of age; requirements for detention or custody Sec. 2. (a) It is a curfew violation for a child fifteen (15), sixteen ...

Children less than 15 years of age; requirements for detention or custody Sec. 3. (a) It is a curfew violation for a child less than fifteen ...

Defenses Sec. 3.5. (a) It is a defense to a violation under this chapter that the child was emancipated: (1) under IC 31-37-19-27 or IC ...

Advancement of curfew time by local ordinance Sec. 4. Whenever a city, town, or county determines that any curfew time established by section 2 or 3 ...

Cemeteries and other facilities to memorialize dead Sec. 5. A city, town, or county may: (1) determine that a curfew time is necessary for the ...

Taking custody under court order Sec. 1. A child may be taken into custody by a law enforcement officer under an order of the court. ...

Taking custody without court order Sec. 2. A child may be taken into custody by a law enforcement officer acting with probable cause to believe that ...

Application of chapter Sec. 1. This chapter applies only to a child alleged to be a delinquent child. As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.20. ...

Taking child to designated place pending detention hearing Sec. 2. If a child is taken into custody under an order of the court, the law enforcement ...

Release or detention of child taken into custody without court order Sec. 3. (a) If a child is not taken into custody under an order of ...

Detention at designated place; notice Sec. 4. If the child is not released, the child shall be delivered to a place designated by the court. The ...

Investigation, release, or detention by intake officer of child taken into custody without court order Sec. 5. (a) If the child was not taken into custody ...

Detention hearing Sec. 6. If a child taken into custody is not released, a detention hearing must be held in accordance with IC 31-37-6-2. ...

Suspension of child's driving privileges; reinstatement; probationary privileges; removal from record Sec. 7. (a) If a child is alleged to have committed an act that would ...

Application of chapter Sec. 1. This chapter applies only to a child alleged to be a delinquent child. As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.20. ...

Time for hearing Sec. 2. If a child is not released, a detention hearing shall be held not later than forty-eight (48) hours, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, ...

Notice Sec. 3. Notice of the time, place, and purpose of a detention hearing shall be given to: (1) the child; and (2) the ...

Release if detention hearing not timely held Sec. 4. If a detention hearing is not held before the time specified by section 2 of this chapter, ...

Notice of legal rights; appointment of counsel Sec. 5. The juvenile court: (1) shall inform the child and the child's parent, guardian, or custodian of ...

Release; findings required for detention order Sec. 6. (a) The juvenile court shall release the child on the child's own recognizance or to the child's parent, ...

Order to appear for additional detention hearing Sec. 7. Upon the juvenile court's own motion or upon the motion of the person representing the interests of ...

Petition for additional detention hearing Sec. 8. A child detained under section 6 or 7 of this chapter may petition the juvenile court for an additional ...

Release on bail Sec. 9. A child may not be released on bail except as provided by IC 31-30-3. As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.20. ...

Surrender of child's driver's license as condition of release Sec. 10. The juvenile court may require a child to surrender the child's driver's license as a ...

Detention in certain facilities prohibited Sec. 1. A child alleged to be a delinquent child under IC 31-37-2, except as provided in section 3 of this ...

Detention of child committing acts that would be offenses if committed by adults Sec. 2. A child ...