Bill Text: IN HB1085 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Termination of parent-child relationship; child in need of services.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-02-08 - First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary [HB1085 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2010-HB1085-Amended.html
Citations Affected: IC 31-35.
Synopsis: Termination of parent-child relationship; child in need of
services. Provides that a petition to terminate the parent-child
relationship involving a delinquent child or a child in need of services
may include an allegation that the child has, on two separate occasions,
been adjudicated a child in need of services. (Current law provides that
the petition may only include an allegation that there is a reasonable
probability that: (1) the conditions that resulted in the child's removal
or the reasons for placement outside the home of the parents will not
be remedied; or (2) the continuation of the parent-child relationship
poses a threat to the well-being of the child.)
Effective: July 1, 2010.
January 5, 2010, read first time and referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code.
January 28, 2010, amended, reported _ Do Pass.
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(1) The attorney for the department.
(2) The child's court appointed special advocate.
(3) The child's guardian ad litem.
(b) The petition must:
(1) be entitled "In the Matter of the Termination of the Parent-Child Relationship of ___________, a child, and ____________, the child's parent (or parents)"; and
(2) allege that:
(A) one (1) of the following exists:
(i) the child has been removed from the parent for at least six (6) months under a dispositional decree;
(ii) a court has entered a finding under IC 31-34-21-5.6 that reasonable efforts for family preservation or reunification are not required, including a description of the court's finding, the date of the finding, and the manner in which the finding was made; or
(iii) the child has been removed from the parent and has been under the supervision of a county office of family and children or probation department for at least fifteen (15) months of the most recent twenty-two (22) months, beginning with the date the child is removed from the home as a result of the child being alleged to be a child in need of services or a delinquent child;
(B) one (1) of the following exists:
(i) there is a reasonable probability that
(ii) there is a reasonable probability that the continuation of the parent-child relationship poses a threat to the well-being of the child; or
(iii) the child has, on two (2) separate occasions, been adjudicated a child in need of services;
(C) termination is in the best interests of the child; and
(D) there is a satisfactory plan for the care and treatment of the child.
(3) Indicate whether at least one (1) of the factors listed in section 4.5(d)(1) through 4.5(d)(3) of this chapter applies and specify each factor that would apply as the basis for filing a motion to dismiss the petition.
(1) be entitled "In the Matter of the Termination of the Parent-Child Relationship of ______________, a child, and _______________, the parent (or parents)"; and
(2) allege that:
(A) the victim of an offense listed in section 4(1) of this chapter is:
(i) the subject of the petition;
(ii) the biological or adoptive sibling of the subject of the petition; or
(iii) the child of a spouse of the individual whose
parent-child relationship is sought to be terminated under
this article;
(B) the individual whose parent-child relationship is sought to
be terminated under this article was convicted;
(C) the child has been removed:
(i) from the parent under a dispositional decree; and
(ii) from the parent's custody for at least six (6) months
under a court order;
(D) one (1) of the following exists:
(i) there is a reasonable probability that (i) the conditions
that resulted in the child's removal or the reasons for
placement outside the parent's home will not be remedied;
or
(ii) there is a reasonable probability that continuation of
the parent-child relationship poses a threat to the well-being
of the child; or
(iii) the child has, on two (2) separate occasions, been
adjudicated a child in need of services;
(E) termination is in the best interests of the child; and
(F) there is a satisfactory plan for the care and treatment of the
child.
