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 or neglect investigation is
conducted under this article, the department shall give verbal and
written notice to each parent, guardian, or custodian of the child that:
(1) the reports and information described under section 1 of this
chapter relating to the child abuse or neglect investigation; and
(2) if the child abuse or neglect allegations are pursued in
juvenile court, the juvenile court's records described under
IC 31-39;
are available upon the request of the parent, guardian, or custodian
except as prohibited by federal law.
(b) A parent, guardian, or custodian requesting information under
this section may be required to sign a written release form that
delineates the information that is requested before the information is
made available. However, no other prerequisites for obtaining the
information may be placed on the parent, guardian, or custodian
except for reasonable copying costs.
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.16. Amended by P.L.234-2005,
SEC.157.
Last modified: May 24, 2006