Obligation of parent or guardian for cost of services provided to
child adjudicated delinquent or in need of services; child support
obligation worksheet
Sec. 3. (a) A parent or guardian of the estate of a child adjudicated
a delinquent child or a child in need of services is financially
responsible as provided in this chapter (or IC 31-6-4-18(e) before its
repeal) for any services ordered by the court.
(b) Each parent of a child alleged to be a child in need of services
or alleged to be a delinquent child shall, before a dispositional
hearing, furnish the court with an accurately completed and current
child support obligation worksheet on the same form that is
prescribed by the Indiana supreme court for child support orders.
(c) At:
(1) a detention hearing;
(2) a hearing that is held after the payment of costs by a county
under section 2 of this chapter (or IC 31-6-4-18(b) before its
repeal);
(3) the dispositional hearing; or
(4) any other hearing to consider modification of a dispositional
decree;
the juvenile court shall order the child's parents or the guardian of the
child's estate to pay for, or reimburse the county for the cost of,
services provided to the child or the parent or guardian unless the
court finds that the parent or guardian is unable to pay or that justice
would not be served by ordering payment from the parent or
guardian.
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.23. Amended by P.L.273-1999,
SEC.120.
Last modified: May 24, 2006