Bill Text: IN SB0083 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Child concealment.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-05 - First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections, Criminal, and Civil Matters [SB0083 Detail]

Download: Indiana-2011-SB0083-Introduced.html

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Introduced Version

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SENATE BILL No. 83

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL

Citations Affected: IC 31-32-13-1; IC 35-45-21.

Synopsis: Child concealment. Allows a juvenile court to issue certain orders requested by a person investigating suspected child abuse or neglect of a child. Makes it Class D felony for a person to fail to comply with a court order to deliver a child, provide the location of a child, or name a person who may have knowledge of a child's whereabouts to the court or another person. Provides that it is a defense to a charge if the person is unable to comply with the court order due to lack of knowledge.

Effective: July 1, 2011.

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Waltz

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    January 5, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Corrections, Criminal, and Civil Matters.

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Introduced

First Regular Session 117th General Assembly (2011)

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SENATE BILL No. 83

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    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning family law and juvenile law.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

SOURCE: IC 31-32-13-1; (11)IN0083.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 31-32-13-1, AS AMENDED BY P.L.145-2006, SECTION 278, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]: Sec. 1. Upon a juvenile court's motion or upon the motion of a child's parent, guardian, custodian, or guardian ad litem, a probation officer, a caseworker, the prosecuting attorney, the attorney for the department of child services, or any person providing services to the child or the child's parent, guardian, or custodian or investigating suspected child abuse or neglect of the child, the juvenile court may issue an order:
        (1) to control the conduct of any person in relation to the child;
        (2) to provide a child with an examination or treatment under IC 31-32-12; or
        (3) to prevent a child from leaving the court's jurisdiction.

SOURCE: IC 35-45-21; (11)IN0083.1.2. -->     SECTION 2. IC 35-45-21 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW CHAPTER TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]:
     Chapter 21. Child Concealment

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    Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "child" means a person who is less than eighteen (18) years of age.
     Sec. 2. A person who knowingly or intentionally fails to comply with an order by a court to:
        (1) deliver a child;
        (2) provide the location of a child; or
        (3) name a person who may have knowledge of a child's whereabouts;
to the court or another person commits child concealment, a Class D felony.
     Sec. 3. It is a defense to a prosecution under this chapter that the person is unable to comply with the order of the court due to lack of knowledge.