Submissions to the court; court requests for information

Ind. Code § 31-14-14-6, under Parenting Time Following Determination of Paternity.

Ind. Code § 31-14-14-6

Sec. 6. (a) If a person files a petition to establish or modify parenting time with a child, any person who: (1) is a party to the parenting time proceeding; and (2) has knowledge that: (A) a party to the parenting time proceeding has been determined to be a perpetrator

of a substantiated report of child abuse or neglect; (B) the child named in the petition has been the subject of a substantiated report of child abuse or neglect; (C) the child named in the petition has been determined to be a child in need of services under IC 31-34; or (D) the child named in the petition has been involved in an informal adjustment under IC 31-34-8; shall submit to the court in writing under seal that a party to the parenting time proceeding is a person described in subdivision (2)(A) or the child named in the petition is a child described in subdivision (2)(B), (2)(C), or (2)(D). (b) A court reviewing a petition to establish or modify parenting time may request information from the department of child services regarding a petition or proceeding described in subsection (a)(2). The department shall provide a response under seal to the court's request for information not later than ten (10) days after the department receives the court's request for the information. As added by P.L.239-2013, SEC.3.