Additional actions by court on behalf of delinquent child
Sec. 6. (a) This section applies if a child is a delinquent child
under IC 31-37-1.
(b) Except as provided in section 10 of this chapter and subject to
section 6.5 of this chapter, the juvenile court may:
(1) enter any dispositional decree specified in section 5 of this
chapter; and
(2) take any of the following actions:
(A) Award wardship to:
(i) the department of correction for housing in a
correctional facility for children; or
(ii) a community based correctional facility for children.
Wardship under this subdivision does not include the right
to consent to the child's adoption.
(B) If the child is less than seventeen (17) years of age, order
confinement in a juvenile detention facility for not more than
the lesser of:
(i) ninety (90) days; or
(ii) the maximum term of imprisonment that could have
been imposed on the child if the child had been convicted
as an adult offender for the act that the child committed
under IC 31-37-1 (or IC 31-6-4-1(b)(1) before its repeal).
(C) If the child is at least seventeen (17) years of age, order
confinement in a juvenile detention facility for not more than
the lesser of:
(i) one hundred twenty (120) days; or
(ii) the maximum term of imprisonment that could have
been imposed on the child if the child had been convicted
as an adult offender for the act that the child committed
under IC 31-37-1 (or IC 31-6-4-1(b)(1) before its repeal).
(D) Remove the child from the child's home and place the
child in another home or shelter care facility. Placement
under this subdivision includes authorization to control and
discipline the child.
(E) Award wardship to a person or shelter care facility.
Wardship under this subdivision does not include the right
to consent to the child's adoption.
(F) Place the child in a secure private facility for children
licensed under the laws of a state. Placement under this
subdivision includes authorization to control and discipline
the child.
(G) Order a person who is a respondent in a proceeding
under IC 31-37-16 (before its repeal) or IC 34-26-5 to refrain
from direct or indirect contact with the child.
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.20. Amended by P.L.1-2003, SEC.79;
P.L.70-2004, SEC.26.
Last modified: May 24, 2006