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2023 Indiana Code › Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law › Article 39. Juvenile Law: Juvenile Records › Chapter 6. Confidentiality of School Records › 31-39-6-1. Confidentiality of Preliminary Inquiry Proceedings Compiled by School Officials

Sec. 1. If:
(1) a preliminary inquiry under IC 31-34-7 or IC 31-37-8 takes place in a school; and
(2) the preliminary inquiry is conducted in the presence of school officials;
any record of the proceeding compiled by school officials is confidential and is not open to public inspection under IC 5-14-3-3.
[Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-6-8-1.3.]
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.22.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law › Article 39. Juvenile Law: Juvenile Records › Chapter 7. Correction of Incorrect or Misleading Information › 31-39-7-1. Juvenile Court Records

Sec. 1. A person on whom juvenile court records subject to IC 31-39-1 and IC 31-39-2 are maintained may request the court to modify any information that the person believes is incorrect or misleading.
[Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-6-8-1(j).]
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.22.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law › Article 39. Juvenile Law: Juvenile Records › Chapter 7. Correction of Incorrect or Misleading Information › 31-39-7-2. Law Enforcement Records

Sec. 2. A person on whom law enforcement records subject to IC 31-39-3 and IC 31-39-4 are maintained may request the law enforcement agency to modify any information that the person believes is incorrect or misleading.
[Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-6-8-1.2(i).]
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.22.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law › Article 39. Juvenile Law: Juvenile Records › Chapter 8. Expungement of Records Concerning Delinquent Child or Child in Need of Services › 31-39-8-1. Application of Chapter

Sec. 1. This chapter applies only to records created as a result of allegations that a child is a delinquent child or a child in need of services.
[Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-6-8-2(a).]
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.22.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law › Article 39. Juvenile Law: Juvenile Records › Chapter 8. Expungement of Records Concerning Delinquent Child or Child in Need of Services › 31-39-8-1.5. Exclusive Jurisdiction to Expunge Delinquency and Chins Findings

Sec. 1.5. The juvenile court in the county of the original action has exclusive original jurisdiction over petitions to expunge records of a child alleged to be a delinquent child or a child in need of services.
As added by P.L.86-2017, SEC.7.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law › Article 39. Juvenile Law: Juvenile Records › Chapter 8. Expungement of Records Concerning Delinquent Child or Child in Need of Services › 31-39-8-2. Standing; Electronic Records

Sec. 2. (a) Any person may petition a juvenile court at any time to remove from:
(1) the court's files;
(2) the files of law enforcement agencies; and
(3) the files of any other person who has provided services to a child under a court order;
those records pertaining to the person's involvement in juvenile court proceedings.
(b) Under this section, electronic records shall be removed to a secure data base to which the public or another person not having legal or statutory authority to access the records is not granted access to the data base.
[Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-6-8-2(b).]
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.22. Amended by P.L.86-2017, SEC.8.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law › Article 39. Juvenile Law: Juvenile Records › Chapter 8. Expungement of Records Concerning Delinquent Child or Child in Need of Services › 31-39-8-3.5. Automatic Expungement of Certain Juvenile Offenses

Sec. 3.5. (a) This section does not apply to the records of a child adjudicated a delinquent child for committing an act that would be:
(1) a felony if committed by an adult;
(2) a violation of IC 35-47-2; or
(3) a violation of IC 35-47-10.
(b) This section applies to the records of a child adjudicated a delinquent child after June 30, 2021.
(c) When a child reaches nineteen (19) years of age, or one (1) year after the date on which the juvenile court discharges the child under IC 31-37-20-7, whichever is later, the court shall, on its own motion and without holding a hearing, order expungement of the records relating to the child's delinquency adjudication that are not excluded under subsection (a) within sixty (60) days, unless the court finds, based on the nature of the delinquent act and the needs of the child, that automatic expungement under this section would not serve the interests of justice.
(d) The expungement provisions in this section supplement and are in addition to expungement provisions located elsewhere in this chapter. A person entitled to expungement of delinquency records under this section may also seek expungement under any other applicable section of this chapter.
As added by P.L.157-2021, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law › Article 39. Juvenile Law: Juvenile Records › Chapter 8. Expungement of Records Concerning Delinquent Child or Child in Need of Services › 31-39-8-4. Expungement of Child Abuse or Neglect Information

Sec. 4. (a) Child abuse or neglect information may be expunged under this chapter if the probative value of the information is so doubtful as to outweigh the information's validity.
(b) Child abuse or neglect information shall be expunged if the information is determined to be unsubstantiated after:
(1) an investigation of a report of a child who may be a victim of child abuse or neglect by the department of child services; or
(2) a court proceeding.
[Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-6-11-5(c).]
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.22. Amended by P.L.234-2005, SEC.190.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law › Article 39. Juvenile Law: Juvenile Records › Chapter 8. Expungement of Records Concerning Delinquent Child or Child in Need of Services › 31-39-8-5. Expungement of Records Held by Law Enforcement Agencies and Persons Providing Treatment for Child

Sec. 5. If the court grants the expungement petition, the court shall order each law enforcement agency and each person who provided treatment for the child under an order of the court to send that person's records to the court.
[Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-6-8-2(d).]
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.22.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law › Article 39. Juvenile Law: Juvenile Records › Chapter 8. Expungement of Records Concerning Delinquent Child or Child in Need of Services › 31-39-8-6. Expunged Records

Sec. 6. (a) Subject to subsections (b) and (c), the records shall be destroyed upon a grant of an expungement petition by the court, including an expungement order issued under section 3.5 of this chapter.
(b) Data from the records in subsection (a) shall be maintained by the court on a secure data base that does not enable identification of the offender to the public or another person not having legal or statutory authority to access the records.
(c) The records maintained in the data base under subsection (b) may be used only for statistical analysis, research, and financial auditing purposes.
[Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-6-8-2(e).]
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.22. Amended by P.L.86-2017, SEC.10; P.L.157-2021, SEC.5.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law › Article 39. Juvenile Law: Juvenile Records › Chapter 8. Expungement of Records Concerning Delinquent Child or Child in Need of Services › 31-39-8-7. Use of Expunged Records in Civil Action

Sec. 7. If a person whose records are expunged brings an action that might be defended with the contents of the records, the defendant is presumed to have a complete defense to the action. For the plaintiff to recover, the plaintiff must show that the contents of the expunged records would not exonerate the defendant. The plaintiff may be required to state under oath whether the plaintiff had records in the juvenile justice system and whether those records were expunged. If the plaintiff denies the existence of the records, the defendant may prove the existence of the records in any manner compatible with the law of evidence.
[Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-6-8-2(f).]
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.22.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law › Article 39. Juvenile Law: Juvenile Records › Chapter 9. Exchange of Information Concerning Delinquent Children › 31-39-9-1. Exchange of Information Regarding Delinquent Children

Sec. 1. The following entities and agencies may exchange records of a child who is a child in need of services or has been determined to be a delinquent child under IC 31-37-1-2, if the information or records are not confidential under state or federal law:
(1) A court.
(2) A law enforcement agency.
(3) The department of correction.
(4) The department of child services.
(5) The office of the secretary of family and social services.
(6) A primary or secondary school, including a public or nonpublic school.
(7) The department of child services ombudsman established by IC 4-13-19-3.
As added by P.L.67-2007, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.182-2009(ss), SEC.386.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law › Article 40. Juvenile Law: Funding › Chapter 1. Cost of Services; Liability of Parent or Guardian to Pay › 31-40-1-0.2. Application of Certain Amendments to Prior Law

Sec. 0.2. The amendments made to IC 31-6-4-18 (before its repeal, now codified in this chapter) by P.L.270-1995 apply only to services provided or fees imposed after May 3, 1995.
As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.517.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law › Article 40. Juvenile Law: Funding › Chapter 1. Cost of Services; Liability of Parent or Guardian to Pay › 31-40-1-1. Application of Article

Sec. 1. This article applies to costs paid by the department, the department of correction, and counties under this chapter, including costs resulting from the institutional placement of a child adjudicated a delinquent child or a child in need of services.
[Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-6-4-18(a).]
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.23. Amended by P.L.146-2008, SEC.663; P.L.204-2011, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law › Article 40. Juvenile Law: Funding › Chapter 1. Cost of Services; Liability of Parent or Guardian to Pay › 31-40-1-1.5. Definitions

Sec. 1.5. (a) As used in this chapter, "costs of secure detention" includes all expenses relating to any of the following items:
(1) Construction, repair, operation, maintenance, and administration of a secure detention facility.
(2) Room, board, supervision, and support services for housing at a secure detention facility of a child who has been:
(A) taken into custody under IC 31-37-5 and placed in a secure detention facility for purposes of court proceedings under IC 31-37; or
(B) placed in a secure detention facility under IC 31-37-19-6 or IC 31-37-19-10.
(3) Services provided by the department, a county probation office, or any service provider contracted by the department or county probation office if the services are provided:
(A) to or for the benefit of the child;
(B) under or consistent with the terms of a dispositional decree entered in accordance with IC 31-37-19-6 or IC 31-37-19-10; and
(C) during the time the child is housed in a secure detention facility.
(b) As used in this chapter, "secure detention facility" includes:
(1) a juvenile detention center described in IC 31-31-8 or IC 31-31-9; or
(2) a secure facility, including any separate unit or structure, that is:
(A) not licensed by the department under IC 31-27; or
(B) located outside Indiana.
(c) As used in this chapter, "services" includes education, provision of necessary clothing and supplies, medical and dental care, counseling and remediation, or any other services or programs included in a dispositional decree or case plan ordered or approved by the juvenile court for the benefit of a delinquent child under IC 31-37.
As added by P.L.146-2008, SEC.664.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law › Article 40. Juvenile Law: Funding › Chapter 1. Cost of Services; Liability of Parent or Guardian to Pay › 31-40-1-2. Obligation of Parent, Guardian, or Department for Costs of Services or Return of Child

Sec. 2. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section and subject to:
(1) this chapter; and
(2) any other provisions of IC 31-34, IC 31-37, or other applicable law relating to the particular program, activity, or service for which payment is made by or through the department;
the department shall pay the cost of any child services provided by or through the department for any child or the child's parent, guardian, or custodian.
(b) The department shall pay the cost of returning a child under IC 31-37-23 or IC 11-13-4.5-1.5.
(c) Except as provided under section 2.5 of this chapter, the department is not responsible for payment of any costs of secure detention.
(d) The department is not responsible for the payment of any costs or expenses for child services for a child placed in a child caring institution, a group home, or a private secure facility if the entity does not have an executed contract with the department, unless the child services to be provided by the entity are recommended or approved by the director of the department or the director's designee in writing prior to the placement.
(e) The department is not responsible for payment of any costs or expenses for housing or services provided to or for the benefit of a child placed by a juvenile court in a home or facility located outside Indiana, if the placement is not recommended or approved by the director of the department or the director's designee.
(f) If a county is responsible for the payment of:
(1) any costs or expenses of services for or the placement of a child in need of services; or
(2) the costs or expenses of services for or the placement of a delinquent child;
the court may order the parents to reimburse the county as set forth in section 3.8 of this chapter.
[Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-6-4-18(b), (e) part.]
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.23. Amended by P.L.273-1999, SEC.119; P.L.146-2008, SEC.665; P.L.182-2009(ss), SEC.387; P.L.204-2011, SEC.3; P.L.48-2012, SEC.75.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law › Article 40. Juvenile Law: Funding › Chapter 1. Cost of Services; Liability of Parent or Guardian to Pay › 31-40-1-2.5. Payment of Cost for Certain Services; Department Agreement With Probation Office

Sec. 2.5. (a) This section applies to a child who is:
(1) adjudicated a child in need of services under IC 31-34;
(2) a party in a pending child in need of services proceeding under the jurisdiction of a juvenile court;
(3) receiving services for which payment has been made by the department under a case plan and a dispositional decree in the child in need of services proceeding; and
(4) placed in a secure detention facility by order of a juvenile court, based on a determination by the juvenile court that the child committed, or that probable cause exists to believe that the child committed, a delinquent act described in IC 31-37-1-2 at a time after adjudication in the child in need of services case.
(b) The department may, by agreement with the probation office of the juvenile court in which the delinquency case is pending, pay the cost of specified services for a child described in subsection (a), during the time the child is placed in a secure detention facility.
(c) An agreement under this section must specify:
(1) the particular services that will be paid by the department during the time the child is placed in a secure detention facility;
(2) the term of the agreement;
(3) any procedure or limitations relating to amendment or extension of the agreement; and
(4) any other provision that the parties consider necessary or appropriate.
(d) The child's case plan in a child in need of services case, as prepared and approved by the department under IC 31-34-15, shall be attached to and made a part of the agreement.
(e) An agreement under this section:
(1) shall be signed by:
(A) the director of the department; and
(B) the judge of the juvenile court that ordered or approved placement of the child in the secure detention facility; and
(2) may not be considered to be a contract for purposes of IC 4-13-2.
As added by P.L.146-2008, SEC.666.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law › Article 40. Juvenile Law: Funding › Chapter 1. Cost of Services; Liability of Parent or Guardian to Pay › 31-40-1-3. Payment by Parent or Guardian for Cost of Services Provided by or Through Department of Child Services; Presumption of Indigency

Sec. 3. (a) Subject to subsection (f), a parent or guardian of the estate of a child adjudicated a delinquent child or a child in need of services is financially responsible as provided in this chapter (or IC 31-6-4-18(e) before its repeal) for any services provided by or through the department.
(b) Each person described in subsection (a) shall, before a hearing under subsection (c) concerning payment or reimbursement of costs, furnish the court and the department with an accurately completed and current child support obligation worksheet on the same form that is prescribed by the Indiana supreme court for child support orders.
(c) At:
(1) a detention hearing;
(2) a hearing that is held after the payment of costs by the department under section 2 of this chapter (or IC 31-6-4-18(b) before its repeal);
(3) the dispositional hearing; or
(4) any other hearing to consider modification of a dispositional decree;
the juvenile court may not order the child's parents or the guardian of the child's estate to pay for, or reimburse the department for the cost of services provided to the child or the parent or guardian unless the court makes a specific finding that the parent or guardian is able to pay.
(d) Any parental reimbursement obligation under this section shall be paid directly to the department and not to the local court clerk so long as the child in need of services case or juvenile delinquency case is open. The department shall keep track of all payments made by each parent and shall provide a receipt for each payment received. At the end of the child in need of services or juvenile delinquency action, the department shall provide an accounting of payments received, and the court may consider additional evidence of payment activity and determine the amount of parental reimbursement obligation that remains unpaid. The court shall reduce the unpaid balance to a final judgment that may be enforced in any court having jurisdiction over such matters.
(e) After a judgment for unpaid parental reimbursement obligation is rendered, payments made toward satisfaction of the judgment shall be made to the clerk of the court in the county where the enforcement action is filed and shall be promptly forwarded to the department in the same manner as any other judgment payment.
(f) A parent is presumed indigent unless a court makes a specific finding that states otherwise.
[Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-6-4-18(c), (e) part.]
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.23. Amended by P.L.273-1999, SEC.120; P.L.146-2008, SEC.667; P.L.182-2009(ss), SEC.388; P.L.101-2022, SEC.30; P.L.151-2023, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law › Article 40. Juvenile Law: Funding › Chapter 1. Cost of Services; Liability of Parent or Guardian to Pay › 31-40-1-4. Obligation of Parent or Guardian for Costs of Returning Child to Indiana Under Interstate Compact on Juveniles

Sec. 4. The parent or guardian of the estate of any child returned to Indiana under the interstate compact on juveniles under IC 31-37-23 shall reimburse the department for all costs involved in returning the child that the court orders the parent or guardian to pay under section 3 of this chapter (or IC 31-6-4-18(e) before its repeal) whether or not the child has been adjudicated a delinquent child or a child in need of services.
[Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-6-4-18(d).]
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.23. Amended by P.L.146-2008, SEC.668.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law › Article 40. Juvenile Law: Funding › Chapter 1. Cost of Services; Liability of Parent or Guardian to Pay › 31-40-1-6. Contracts for Enforcement and Collection of Parental Reimbursement Obligations

Sec. 6. (a) The department may contract with any of the following, on terms and conditions with respect to compensation and payment or reimbursement of expenses as the department may determine, for the enforcement and collection of any parental reimbursement obligation established by order entered by the court under section 3 or 5(g) of this chapter:
(1) The prosecuting attorney of the county in which the juvenile court that ordered or approved the services is located or in which the obligor resides.
(2) An attorney licensed to practice law in Indiana, if the attorney is not an employee of the department.
(3) A private collection agency licensed under IC 25-11.
(b) A contract entered into under this section is subject to approval under IC 4-13-2-14.1.
(c) Any fee payable to a prosecuting attorney under a contract under subsection (a)(1) shall be deposited in the county general fund and credited to a separate account identified as the prosecuting attorney's child services collections account. The prosecuting attorney may expend funds credited to the prosecuting attorney's child services collections account, without appropriation, only for the purpose of supporting and enhancing the functions of the prosecuting attorney in enforcement and collection of parental obligations to reimburse the department.
(d) Contracts between a prosecuting attorney, a private attorney, or a collection agency licensed under IC 25-11 and the department:
(1) must:
(A) be in writing;
(B) include:
(i) all fees, charges, and costs, including administrative and application fees; and
(ii) the right of the department to cancel the contract at any time;
(C) require the prosecuting attorney, private attorney, or collection agency, upon the request of the department, to provide the:
(i) source of each payment received for a parental reimbursement order;
(ii) form of each payment received for a parental reimbursement order; and
(iii) amount and percentage that is deducted as a fee or a charge from each payment on the parental reimbursement order; and
(D) have a term of not more than four (4) years; and
(2) may be negotiable contingency contracts in which a prosecuting attorney, private attorney, or collection agency may not collect a fee that exceeds fifteen percent (15%) of the parental reimbursement collected per case.
(e) A prosecuting attorney, private attorney, or collection agency that contracts with the department under this section may, in addition to the collection of the parental reimbursement order, assess and collect from an obligor all fees, charges, costs, and other expenses as provided under the terms of the contract described in subsection (d).
As added by P.L.273-1999, SEC.122. Amended by P.L.145-2006, SEC.363; P.L.146-2008, SEC.670; P.L.182-2009(ss), SEC.389.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law › Article 40. Juvenile Law: Funding › Chapter 1. Cost of Services; Liability of Parent or Guardian to Pay › 31-40-1-7. Distribution of Payments

Sec. 7. Amounts received as payment of support or reimbursement of the cost of services paid as provided in this chapter shall be distributed in the following manner:
(1) If any part of the cost of services was paid from federal funds under Title IV Part E of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 671 et seq.), the amounts received shall first be applied as provided in 42 U.S.C. 657 and 45 CFR 302.52.
(2) As provided in 45 CFR 302.52(b)(2), all amounts remaining after the distributions required by subdivision (1) shall be used in the best interests of the child for whom the support or reimbursement was paid, including:
(A) setting aside amounts for the child's future needs; or
(B) making all or part of the amount available to the person responsible for meeting the child's daily needs to be used for the child's benefit.
As added by P.L.273-1999, SEC.123. Amended by P.L.145-2006, SEC.364; P.L.146-2008, SEC.671; P.L.206-2015, SEC.61.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law › Article 40. Juvenile Law: Funding › Chapter 2. Probation User's Fee; County Supplemental Juvenile Probation Services Fund › 31-40-2-1.5. Increased Probation User's Fee

Sec. 1.5. Notwithstanding the probation user's fee amounts established under section 1 of this chapter, a court may order a person to pay a probation user's fee that exceeds the maximum amount allowed under section 1 of this chapter if:
(1) the person was placed on probation in another state and moved or was transferred to Indiana;
(2) the other state allows a higher probation user's fee than the maximum amount allowed under section 1 of this chapter; and
(3) the probation user's fee the court orders the person to pay does not exceed the maximum amount allowed in the other state.
As added by P.L.277-2003, SEC.6.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law › Article 40. Juvenile Law: Funding › Chapter 2. Probation User's Fee; County Supplemental Juvenile Probation Services Fund › 31-40-2-1.7. Early Payment of Probation User's Fee; Recalculation of Probation User's Fee; Discharge; Multiple Fees; Wage Garnishment

Sec. 1.7. (a) A person may pay a monthly probation user's fee under section 1 or 1.5 of this chapter before the date the payment is required to be made without obtaining the prior approval of a court or a probation department. However, if a delinquent child is discharged from probation before the date the delinquent child was scheduled to be released from probation, any monthly probation user's fee paid in advance for the delinquent child may not be refunded.
(b) A probation department may petition a court to:
(1) impose a probation user's fee on a person; or
(2) increase a person's probation user's fee;
under section 1 or 1.5 of this chapter if the financial ability of the person to pay a probation user's fee changes while the person is on probation.
(c) An order to pay a probation user's fee under section 1 or 1.5 of this chapter:
(1) is a judgment lien that:
(A) attaches to the property of the person subject to the order;
(B) may be perfected;
(C) may be enforced to satisfy any payment that is delinquent under section 1 or 1.5 of this chapter; and
(D) expires;
in the same manner as a judgment lien created in a civil proceeding;
(2) is not discharged by the completion of the person's probationary period or other sentence imposed on the person; and
(3) is not discharged by the liquidation of a person's estate by a receiver under IC 32-30-5.
(d) A delinquent child placed on probation for more than one (1) delinquent act:
(1) may be required to pay more than one (1) initial probation user's fee; and
(2) may not be required to pay more than one (1) monthly probation user's fee per month;
to either the probation department or the clerk of the court.
(e) If a court orders a person to pay a probation user's fee under section 1 or 1.5 of this chapter, the court may garnish the wages, salary, and other income earned by the person to enforce the order.
As added by P.L.2-2005, SEC.82. Amended by P.L.125-2012, SEC.407; P.L.217-2014, SEC.185.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law › Article 40. Juvenile Law: Funding › Chapter 2. Probation User's Fee; County Supplemental Juvenile Probation Services Fund › 31-40-2-2. Appropriations; Restrictions on Use of County Supplemental Juvenile Probation Services

Sec. 2. (a) The fiscal body of the county shall appropriate money from the county supplemental juvenile probation services fund:
(1) to the juvenile courts of the county for the use by the courts in supplementing probation services to juveniles; and
(2) to supplement the salaries of juvenile probation officers in accordance with the salary schedule set by the county fiscal body under IC 36-2-16.5.
(b) Money in the county supplemental juvenile probation services fund may be used only for supplementing probation services and to supplement the salaries of probation officers in accordance with IC 31-31-5.
[Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-6-4-18(h) part.]
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.23. Amended by P.L.277-2003, SEC.7.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law › Article 40. Juvenile Law: Funding › Chapter 2. Probation User's Fee; County Supplemental Juvenile Probation Services Fund › 31-40-2-3. County Supplemental Juvenile Probation Services Fund; Disposition of Unused Money

Sec. 3. Money remaining in the county supplemental juvenile probation services fund at the end of the county's fiscal year does not revert to any other fund but continues in the county supplemental juvenile probation services fund.
[Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-6-4-18(h) part.]
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.23.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law › Article 40. Juvenile Law: Funding › Chapter 2. Probation User's Fee; County Supplemental Juvenile Probation Services Fund › 31-40-2-4. County Supplemental Juvenile Probation Services Fund; Restrictions on Use of Fund

Sec. 4. The county supplemental juvenile probation services fund may not be used to replace other funding or probation services.
[Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-6-4-18(h) part.]
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.23.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law › Article 40. Juvenile Law: Funding › Chapter 3. Guardian Ad Litem or Court Appointed Special Advocate User Fee; Guardian Ad Litem or Court Appointed Special Advocate Fund › 31-40-3-1. User Fee

Sec. 1. Subject to IC 31-40-1-3, juvenile court may order the parent or guardian of the estate of any child for whom a guardian ad litem or court appointed special advocate is appointed to pay to the probation department a user fee of not more than one hundred dollars ($100) for deposit by the probation department in:
(1) the guardian ad litem fund if a guardian ad litem has been appointed; or
(2) the court appointed special advocate fund if a court appointed special advocate has been appointed.
[Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-6-4-18(i) part.]
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.23.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law › Article 40. Juvenile Law: Funding › Chapter 3. Guardian Ad Litem or Court Appointed Special Advocate User Fee; Guardian Ad Litem or Court Appointed Special Advocate Fund › 31-40-3-2. Appropriations

Sec. 2. The fiscal body of the county shall appropriate money from:
(1) the guardian ad litem fund; or
(2) the court appointed special advocate fund;
to the juvenile courts of the county for use by the courts in providing guardian ad litem or court appointed special advocate services and the costs of representation for the guardians ad litem or court appointed special advocates.
[Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-6-4-18(i) part.]
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.23.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law › Article 40. Juvenile Law: Funding › Chapter 3. Guardian Ad Litem or Court Appointed Special Advocate User Fee; Guardian Ad Litem or Court Appointed Special Advocate Fund › 31-40-3-3. Funds; Disposition of Unused Money

Sec. 3. Money remaining in the guardian ad litem fund or court appointed special advocate fund at the end of the county's fiscal year does not revert to any other fund but continues in the guardian ad litem fund or court appointed special advocate fund.
[Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-6-4-18(i) part.]
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.23.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law › Article 40. Juvenile Law: Funding › Chapter 3. Guardian Ad Litem or Court Appointed Special Advocate User Fee; Guardian Ad Litem or Court Appointed Special Advocate Fund › 31-40-3-4. Use of Adoption Incentive Payment

Sec. 4. An adoption incentive payment that is paid to Indiana under the federal Adoption and Safe Families Act (42 U.S.C. 473A(d)) must be used for services to facilitate the adoption of children who are in need of services and may be used for postadoption services.
As added by P.L.35-1998, SEC.27.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law › Article 40. Juvenile Law: Funding › Chapter 4. Failure to Pay Fees › 31-40-4-1. Contempt

Sec. 1. If the parent or guardian of the estate:
(1) defaults in reimbursing the county or department, as ordered by the juvenile court; or
(2) fails to pay a fee authorized by this article;
the juvenile court may find the parent or guardian in contempt and enter judgment for the amount due.
[Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-6-4-18(g) part.]
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.23. Amended by P.L.146-2008, SEC.672.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law › Article 40. Juvenile Law: Funding › Chapter 5. Juvenile Diversion and Community Alternatives Grant Programs › 31-40-5-0.1. "Commission"

Sec. 0.1. As used in this chapter, "commission" means the commission on improving the status of children in Indiana established by IC 2-5-36-3.
As added by P.L.201-2023, SEC.236.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law › Article 40. Juvenile Law: Funding › Chapter 5. Juvenile Diversion and Community Alternatives Grant Programs › 31-40-5-0.3. "Fund"

Sec. 0.3. As used in this chapter, "fund" refers to the juvenile diversion and community alternatives grant program fund established by section 6 of this chapter.
As added by P.L.201-2023, SEC.237.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law › Article 40. Juvenile Law: Funding › Chapter 5. Juvenile Diversion and Community Alternatives Grant Programs › 31-40-5-0.5. "Office"

Sec. 0.5. As used in this chapter, "office" means the Indiana office of court services established by the supreme court.
As added by P.L.201-2023, SEC.238.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law › Article 40. Juvenile Law: Funding › Chapter 5. Juvenile Diversion and Community Alternatives Grant Programs › 31-40-5-0.7. "Oversight Committee"

Sec. 0.7. As used in this chapter, "oversight committee" means the statewide juvenile justice oversight body established under IC 2-5-36-9.3(a).
As added by P.L.201-2023, SEC.239.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law › Article 40. Juvenile Law: Funding › Chapter 5. Juvenile Diversion and Community Alternatives Grant Programs › 31-40-5-1. "Program"

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "program" refers to:
(1) the juvenile diversion grant program; and
(2) the juvenile community alternatives grant program;
established by section 2 of this chapter.
As added by P.L.101-2022, SEC.31.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law › Article 40. Juvenile Law: Funding › Chapter 5. Juvenile Diversion and Community Alternatives Grant Programs › 31-40-5-1.2. "Workgroup"

Sec. 1.2. As used in this chapter, "workgroup" refers to the grant process workgroup created by the oversight committee.
As added by P.L.201-2023, SEC.240.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law › Article 40. Juvenile Law: Funding › Chapter 5. Juvenile Diversion and Community Alternatives Grant Programs › 31-40-5-2. Establishment of Grant Program

Sec. 2. (a) The juvenile diversion grant program and the juvenile community alternatives grant program may be established, subject to available funding.
(b) The Indiana criminal justice institute (as described in IC 5-2-6) shall administer the programs described in this chapter.
As added by P.L.101-2022, SEC.31.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law › Article 40. Juvenile Law: Funding › Chapter 5. Juvenile Diversion and Community Alternatives Grant Programs › 31-40-5-3. Purpose of Grant Program; Funding Formula

Sec. 3. (a) The purpose of the juvenile diversion grant program is as follows:
(1) Prevent further involvement of the child in the formal legal system.
(2) Provide eligible children with alternatives to adjudication that require the least amount of supervision and conditions necessary consistent with the protection of the community and the child's risk of reoffending, as determined by a risk screening tool.
(3) Emphasize the use of restorative justice practices.
(4) Reduce recidivism and improve positive outcomes for a child through the provision of research based services, if warranted, that address the child's needs.
(b) The purpose of the juvenile community alternatives grant program is as follows:
(1) Provide cost effective, research based alternatives in lieu of the use of secure detention, out-of-home placement, and department of correction facilities in the community.
(2) Reduce the use of secure confinement and out-of-home placement.
(3) Reduce recidivism and improve positive outcomes for children.
(c) The Indiana criminal justice institute shall adopt a funding formula based on county population and performance measures that apply to grantees under the program taking into consideration the plan submitted to the commission by the oversight committee under IC 2-5-36-9.3(b).
As added by P.L.101-2022, SEC.31. Amended by P.L.201-2023, SEC.241.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law › Article 40. Juvenile Law: Funding › Chapter 5. Juvenile Diversion and Community Alternatives Grant Programs › 31-40-5-4. Use of Available Funds; Annual Report

Sec. 4. (a) The Indiana criminal justice institute (as described in IC 5-2-6) may use available funds to strengthen the agency's grant management capacity to:
(1) serve as an efficient pass through to counties;
(2) provide quality assurance and technical assistance to counties; and
(3) support and coordinate data collection.
(b) The Indiana criminal justice institute shall prepare an annual report that details the performance measures collected and reported under IC 2-5-36-9.3(b)(4), including an analysis of the performance measures by race, ethnicity, gender, and other demographic factors. The report shall be provided to the governor, the chief justice, the legislative council, the oversight committee, and the Indiana criminal justice institute before December 1 of each year. The report provided to the legislative council must be in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6.
As added by P.L.101-2022, SEC.31. Amended by P.L.201-2023, SEC.242.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law › Article 40. Juvenile Law: Funding › Chapter 5. Juvenile Diversion and Community Alternatives Grant Programs › 31-40-5-5. Local Advisory Council; Collaborative Service Planning; Application Solicitation Process; Informational and Educational Sessions; Review of Applications

Sec. 5. (a) A county participating in any program described in this chapter is required to have its local or regional justice reinvestment advisory council (as described in IC 33-38-9.5-4), or another local collaborative body that includes stakeholders across the juvenile justice system, oversee each grant awarded to the county and engage in collaborative service planning for the county.
(b) The Indiana criminal justice institute shall coordinate with the workgroup and oversight committee to develop a statewide solicitation process for applications for the grants from the fund and shall conduct outreach activities to inform all potential applicants of the grant opportunities available under this chapter.
(c) The Indiana criminal justice institute, in coordination with the workgroup, oversight committee, commission, and office, shall conduct informational and educational sessions for potential and actual applicants, including opportunities for questions and clarification.
(d) Subject to the Indiana criminal justice institute solicitation process developed under subsection (b), the oversight committee, or a subgroup of the oversight committee, shall review applications for grants under this chapter and make recommendations to the board of trustees of the Indiana criminal justice institute regarding funding decisions. The review of applications should be done in consultation with a representative from the department of child services, the department of correction, the division of mental health and addiction, the Indiana criminal justice institute, and the office.
As added by P.L.101-2022, SEC.31. Amended by P.L.201-2023, SEC.243.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law › Article 40. Juvenile Law: Funding › Chapter 5. Juvenile Diversion and Community Alternatives Grant Programs › 31-40-5-5.5. Administration of Grants

Sec. 5.5. The Indiana criminal justice institute shall administer grants for:
(1) the juvenile diversion grant program described in section 1(1) of this chapter; and
(2) the juvenile community alternatives grant program described in section 1(2) of this chapter;
in consultation with the oversight committee and the workgroup, taking into consideration the grant program report prepared and submitted to the commission by the oversight committee under IC 2-5-36-9.3(b).
As added by P.L.201-2023, SEC.244.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law › Article 40. Juvenile Law: Funding › Chapter 5. Juvenile Diversion and Community Alternatives Grant Programs › 31-40-5-6. Grant Program Fund; Purpose of Fund

Sec. 6. (a) The juvenile diversion and community alternatives grant program fund is established to provide grants under this chapter. The fund shall be administered by the Indiana criminal justice institute (as described in IC 5-2-6).
(b) The fund consists of:
(1) money appropriated to the fund by the general assembly;
(2) money received from state or federal grants or programs that concern alternative detention and recidivism reduction for juveniles; and
(3) donations, gifts, and money received from any other source, including transfers from other funds or accounts.
(c) The treasurer of state shall invest the money in the fund not currently needed to meet the obligations of the fund in the same manner as other public funds may be invested.
(d) Money in the fund at the end of a state fiscal year does not revert to the state general fund but remains in the fund to be used exclusively for purposes of this chapter.
(e) Money in the fund is continuously appropriated for the purposes of this chapter.
As added by P.L.101-2022, SEC.31.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law › Article 40. Juvenile Law: Funding › Chapter 6. Juvenile Behavioral Health Competitive Grant Pilot Program › 31-40-6-0.1. "Commission"

Sec. 0.1. As used in this chapter, "commission" means the commission on improving the status of children in Indiana established by IC 2-5-36-3.
As added by P.L.201-2023, SEC.245.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law › Article 40. Juvenile Law: Funding › Chapter 6. Juvenile Behavioral Health Competitive Grant Pilot Program › 31-40-6-0.3. "Fund"

Sec. 0.3. As used in this chapter, "fund" refers to the juvenile behavioral health competitive grant pilot program fund established by section 5 of this chapter.
As added by P.L.201-2023, SEC.246.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law › Article 40. Juvenile Law: Funding › Chapter 6. Juvenile Behavioral Health Competitive Grant Pilot Program › 31-40-6-0.5. "Office"

Sec. 0.5. As used in this chapter, "office" means the Indiana office of court services established by the supreme court.
As added by P.L.201-2023, SEC.247.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law › Article 40. Juvenile Law: Funding › Chapter 6. Juvenile Behavioral Health Competitive Grant Pilot Program › 31-40-6-0.7. "Oversight Committee"

Sec. 0.7. As used in this chapter, "oversight committee" means the statewide juvenile justice oversight body established under IC 2-5-36-9.3(a).
As added by P.L.201-2023, SEC.248.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law › Article 40. Juvenile Law: Funding › Chapter 6. Juvenile Behavioral Health Competitive Grant Pilot Program › 31-40-6-1. "Program"

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "program" refers to the juvenile behavioral health competitive grant pilot program established by section 2 of this chapter.
As added by P.L.101-2022, SEC.32.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law › Article 40. Juvenile Law: Funding › Chapter 6. Juvenile Behavioral Health Competitive Grant Pilot Program › 31-40-6-1.2. "Workgroup"

Sec. 1.2. As used in this chapter, "workgroup" refers to the grant process workgroup created by the oversight committee.
As added by P.L.201-2023, SEC.249.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law › Article 40. Juvenile Law: Funding › Chapter 6. Juvenile Behavioral Health Competitive Grant Pilot Program › 31-40-6-2. Establishment of Competitive Grant Pilot Program

Sec. 2. (a) The juvenile behavioral health competitive grant pilot program may be established, subject to available funding.
(b) The program shall be administered by the Indiana criminal justice institute (as described in IC 5-2-6).
As added by P.L.101-2022, SEC.32.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law › Article 40. Juvenile Law: Funding › Chapter 6. Juvenile Behavioral Health Competitive Grant Pilot Program › 31-40-6-3. Purpose of Competitive Grant Pilot Program; Performance Measures

Sec. 3. (a) The purpose of the juvenile behavioral health competitive grant pilot program is to support jurisdictions, particularly in rural areas, to evaluate a child's behavioral health needs and divert the child from formal court involvement and out-of-home placement into community or school based mental health treatment.
(b) Grant recipients shall use a validated mental health screening tool, and a full mental health assessment tool, if necessary, and may use the funds to conduct the following activities:
(1) Partnering with law enforcement to implement a program to divert a child from formal court proceedings.
(2) Creating crisis stabilization services and a mobile crisis unit.
(3) Providing comprehensive case management for a child or family in crisis.
(4) Identifying and strengthening community based intensive treatment and management services.
(5) Establishing telehealth services (as defined in IC 25-1-9.5-6) and programs.
(6) Supporting mental health evaluations, which include the use of telehealth services (as defined in IC 25-1-9.5-6).
(c) The Indiana criminal justice institute may consider those programs and activities identified for possible funding in the plan submitted to the commission by the oversight committee under IC 2-5-36-9.3(b), but may not rely exclusively on the plan in providing statewide funding under the program.
(d) The Indiana criminal justice institute shall adopt performance measures that apply to grantees under the program, taking into consideration the plan submitted to the commission by the oversight committee under IC 2-5-36-9.3(b).
As added by P.L.101-2022, SEC.32. Amended by P.L.201-2023, SEC.250.