Indiana House Bill 1338 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 12 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-01-19 - Representative Niezgodski added as coauthor
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Child representatives, foster care, and parenting time. Allows a court to remove a child representative if the: (1) department of child services; or (2) probation officer; demonstrates good cause that the child representative would not act or has not acted in the best interests of the child. Allows certain individuals who are at least 18 years of age to opt out of foster care. Prohibits a court from modifying a previous parenting time order for a parent, guardian, or custodian who is not a part of the allegation of abuse or neglect.

Child representatives, foster care, and parenting time. Allows a court to remove a child representative if the: (1) department of child services; or (2) probation officer; demonstrates good cause that the child representative would not act or has not acted in the best interests of the child. Allows certain individuals who are at least 18 years of age to opt out of foster care. Prohibits a court from modifying a previous parenting time order for a parent, guardian, or custodian who is not a part of the allegation of abuse or neglect.

Rep. Timothy Harman [R]

Sen. David Niezgodski [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-01-19	House	Representative Niezgodski added as coauthor
2016-01-12	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary
2016-01-12	House	Authored by Representative Harman

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2016/bills/house/1338/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/7/e/1/b7e1f9a4/HB1338.01.INTR.pdf