Bill Text: IN SB0164 | 2013 | Regular Session | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Child in need of services petitions.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2013-05-13 - Public Law 236 [SB0164 Detail]

Download: Indiana-2013-SB0164-Enrolled.html

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SENATE ENROLLED ACT No. 164

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     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:

    SECTION 1. IC 31-34-9-1, AS AMENDED BY P.L.146-2008, SECTION 588, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2013]: Sec. 1. (a) The attorney for the department:
        (1) may request the juvenile court to authorize the filing of a petition alleging that a child is a child in need of services; and
        (2) shall represent the interests of the state at this proceeding and at all subsequent proceedings on the petition.
     (b) A prosecuting attorney:
        (1) may request the juvenile court to authorize the filing of a petition alleging that a child is a child in need of services under IC 31-34-1; and
        (2) shall represent the interests of the state at this proceeding and at all subsequent proceedings on the petition, unless the prosecuting attorney and the department agree that the department shall represent the interests of the state at this proceeding and at all subsequent proceedings on the petition.
    (c) If a prosecuting attorney is representing the interests of the state at a subsequent proceeding after a petition is filed under this section, all deadlines and procedures concerning children in need

of services under this article apply to the prosecuting attorney to the same extent as they apply to the department.

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President of the Senate

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President Pro Tempore

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Speaker of the House of Representatives

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Governor of the State of Indiana

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SEA 164

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