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 enters a dispositional decree regarding a child in need of
services that includes an out-of-home placement, the court shall
consider whether the child should be placed with the child's suitable
and willing blood or adoptive relative caretaker, including a
grandparent, an aunt, an uncle, or an adult sibling, before considering
other out-of-home placements for the child.
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.17. Amended by P.L.70-2004, SEC.20;
P.L.234-2005, SEC.182.
Last modified: May 24, 2006