Title 31, FAMILY LAW AND JUVENILE LAW

Sec. 30. A Title IV-D agency or an agent of a Title IV-D agency acting within the scope of the agent's employment is not subject to any civil liability for income withheld and paid to an obligee, the Title IV-D agency, or the state central collection unit in accordance with an in…

Sec. 4.3. (a) An obligor may contest a Title IV-D agency's determination to implement an income withholding order under section 2.5(a) or 2.5(b) of this chapter by making a written application to the Title IV-D agency not more than twenty (20) days after the date the notice is ma…

Sec. 4.5. (a) The bureau shall send notice to an employer, using the National Medical Support Notice described in 45 CFR 303.32, that: (1) a parent ordered to pay support has been ordered to provide insurance coverage as part of the parent's employee benefit plan under IC 31-16-6…

Sec. 5.5. (a) An obligor or an obligee may file a petition to lift a stay of implementation of an income withholding order. (b) If an obligee files a petition under subsection (a), the court shall: (1) set a date for a hearing on the petition; and (2) send a written notice of the…

Sec. 6.5. A court or Title IV-D agency may serve an income withholding order on an income payor by: (1) first class mail; (2) facsimile transmission; or (3) other electronic means approved by the Title IV-D agency. As added by P.L.103-2007, SEC.32.

Sec. 7.5. (a) An income payor that is required to withhold income under this chapter shall: (1) forward income withheld for the payment of current or past due child support as directed by an income withholding order to the state central collection unit at the time that an obligor…

Sec. 1. (a) Except as provided in section 2 of this chapter or IC 31-19-16, if the biological parents of an adopted person are alive, the biological parents are: (1) relieved of all legal duties and obligations to the adopted child; and (2) divested of all rights with respect to …

Sec. 2. (a) If the adoptive parent of a child is married to a biological parent of the child, the parent-child relationship of the biological parent is not affected by the adoption. (b) If the adoptive parent of a child is married to a previous adoptive parent, the parent-child r…

Sec. 1. Appeals may be taken as provided by law. [Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-6-7-17.] As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.15.

Sec. 1. In every judicial proceeding under this article, the court may appoint for the child a guardian ad litem or a court appointed special advocate, or both, under IC 31-32-3. [Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-6-11-9(a).] As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.16.

Sec. 2. The guardian ad litem or the court appointed special advocate, or both, shall be given access under IC 31-39 to: (1) all reports relevant to the case; and (2) any reports of examinations of the child's parents or other person responsible for the child's welfare. [Pre-1997…

Sec. 3. Any costs related to the services of a guardian ad litem shall be paid according to IC 31-40. [Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-6-11-9(c).] As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.16.

Sec. 1. In accordance with federal law, a case plan is required for each child in need of services who is under the supervision of the county as a result of: (1) out-of-home placement; or (2) issuance of a dispositional decree under IC 31-34-20. [Pre-1997 Recodification Citation:…

Sec. 2. The department, after negotiating with: (1) the child's parent, guardian, or custodian; (2) the child, if the child is at least fourteen (14) years of age; and (3) any child representatives selected by the child under section 7 of this chapter; shall complete a child's ca…

Sec. 3. A copy of the completed case plan shall be sent, not later than ten (10) days after the plan's completion, to: (1) the child's parent, guardian, or custodian; (2) the child, if the child is at least fourteen (14) years of age; (3) any child representatives selected by the…

Sec. 4. A child's case plan must be set out in a form prescribed by the department that meets the specifications set by 45 CFR 1356.21. The case plan must include a description and discussion of the following: (1) A permanent plan, or two (2) permanent plans if concurrent plannin…

Sec. 5. Each foster parent of a child and the department shall cooperate in the development of the case plan for the child. The department shall discuss with at least one (1) foster parent of a child the foster parent's role regarding the following: (1) Rehabilitation of the chil…

Sec. 6. (a) This section applies whenever a child who was born out of wedlock is: (1) or is alleged to be a child in need of services; and (2) under the supervision of the department or a local office as a result of a court ordered out-of-home placement. (b) The department or the…

Sec. 7. (a) For a child who is at least fourteen (14) years of age, the department shall consult with the child in the development of the child's case plan or transitional services plan. If the department determines that the child is unable to participate effectively in the devel…

Sec. 1. This chapter applies to the termination of a parent-child relationship involving a safe haven infant. As added by P.L.45-2023, SEC.13.

Sec. 10. The court may not inquire about the reasons for the parent's absence or investigate why the parent chose to leave the safe haven infant. As added by P.L.45-2023, SEC.13.

Sec. 11. A licensed child placing agency that files a petition under section 4 of this chapter with respect to a safe haven infant may not charge a prospective adoptive family of the safe haven infant a fee that exceeds the direct costs incurred by the licensed child placing agen…

Sec. 2. Proceedings under this chapter are governed by the procedures prescribed by IC 31-35-1. As added by P.L.45-2023, SEC.13.

Sec. 3. The probate court has concurrent original jurisdiction with the juvenile court in proceedings on a petition filed under this chapter for the termination of the parent-child relationship. As added by P.L.45-2023, SEC.13.

Sec. 4. (a) The: (1) department's attorney; or (2) licensed child placing agency; shall sign and file a verified petition for the termination of the parent-child relationship not more than fifteen (15) days after taking custody of a safe haven infant. (b) The petition must: (1) b…

Sec. 5. Notice of a petition to terminate the parent-child relationship under section 4 of this chapter must be given to: (1) each known living parent of a child born in wedlock, including a man who is presumed to be the child's biological father under IC 31-14-7-1, in accordance…

Sec. 6. Notice given to an unnamed or unknown putative parent under section 5 of this chapter must be published once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks in the print edition or electronic edition of a newspaper of general circulation in: (1) the county in which the safe haven …

Sec. 7. (a) The person whose duty it was to cause the publication under section 6 of this chapter or IC 31-19-2.5-6 shall file an affidavit of publication in the clerk's office. (b) The affidavit described in subsection (a) must: (1) be attached to a copy of the notice taken from…

Sec. 8. Both parents' consent to termination of the parent-child relationship is irrevocably implied without further court action if: (1) neither parent has filed a petition for custody or responded to the notice to unnamed putative parent published under section 6 of this chapte…

Sec. 9. If, after a petition is filed by the department or a licensed child placing agency under section 4 of this chapter, a person contacts the department or a licensed child placing agency and claims to be a putative parent of the safe haven infant, the court may issue an orde…

Sec. 1. Any of the following may sign and file a petition for the juvenile court to require the participation of a parent, guardian, or custodian in a program of care, treatment, or rehabilitation for the child: (1) The prosecuting attorney. (2) A probation officer. (3) The depar…

Sec. 2. A petition filed under section 1 of this chapter must be verified. [Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-6-4-17(a) part.] As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.20.

Sec. 3. A petition seeking participation of a parent, guardian, or custodian must be entitled "In the Matter of the Participation of _________ the Parent, Guardian, or Custodian of _________". The petition must allege the following: (1) That the respondent is the child's parent, …

Sec. 4. (a) The court may hold a hearing on a petition concurrently with any dispositional hearing or with any hearing to modify a dispositional decree. (b) If the order concerns participation of a parent, the juvenile court shall advise the parent that failure to participate as …

Sec. 1. A parent may request a court to issue a protective order against the other parent to prevent domestic or family violence at any time after a final decree of paternity is issued under this article (or IC 31-6-6.1 before its repeal) if the parties have an unemancipated chil…

Sec. 1. This chapter supplements other remedies available for the enforcement of a support order. [Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-2-11-7.] As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.8.

Sec. 2. A payment that is: (1) required under a support order; and (2) delinquent; shall be treated as a judgment against the obligor for the delinquent amount. [Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-2-11-8.] As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.8.

Sec. 3. (a) A lien is created against the real and personal property of the obligor in the amount of a judgment described in section 2 of this chapter. (b) A person holding a lien created by a judgment described in section 2 of this chapter: (1) has the priority of an unperfected…

Sec. 4. (a) An obligee may enforce a judgment created under section 2 of this chapter (or IC 31-2-11-8 before its repeal) in the same manner as other civil judgments are enforced. (b) If in a proceeding to enforce a judgment created under section 2 of this chapter (or IC 31-2-11-…

Sec. 5. The courts shall recognize and enforce: (1) judgments created under section 2 of this chapter (or IC 31-2-11-8 before its repeal); and (2) judgments for delinquent support payments that are created under the laws of another state. [Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-2-1…

Sec. 6. (a) Except as provided in: (1) subsection (b); or (2) IC 31-14-19-1; a court may not retroactively modify an obligor's duty to pay a delinquent support payment. (b) A court with jurisdiction over a support order may modify an obligor's duty to pay a support payment that b…

Sec. 1. At the time an adoption decree is entered, the court entering the adoption decree may grant postadoption contact privileges under section 2 of this chapter to a birth parent who has: (1) consented to the adoption; or (2) voluntarily terminated the parent-child relationshi…

Sec. 2. A court may grant postadoption contact privileges if: (1) the court determines that the best interests of the child would be served by granting postadoption contact privileges; (2) the child is at least twelve (12) months of age and the court finds that there is a signifi…

Sec. 3. A postadoption contact agreement filed under section 2(4) of this chapter must contain the following provisions: (1) An acknowledgment by the birth parents that the adoption is irrevocable, even if the adoptive parents do not abide by the postadoption contact agreement. (…

Sec. 4. A birth parent or an adoptive parent may file a petition with the court entering the adoption decree for the following purposes: (1) To modify the postadoption contact agreement. (2) To compel a birth parent or an adoptive parent to comply with the postadoption contact ag…

Sec. 5. The court may not award monetary damages as a result of the filing of a petition under section 4 of this chapter. [Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-3-1-13(e).] As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.11.