Section 31-14-13-12 - Submissions to the court; court requests for information(a) If a person files a petition to establish or modify custody of a child, any person who: (1) is a party to the custody proceeding; and(2) has knowledge that: (A) a party to the custody proceeding has been determined to be a perpetrator of a substantiated report of child abuse or neglect;(B) the child named in the petition has been the subject of a substantiated report of child abuse or neglect;(C) the child named in the petition has been determined to be a child in need of services under IC 31-34; or(D) the child named in the petition has been involved in an informal adjustment under IC 31-34-8; shall submit to the court in writing under seal that a party to the custody proceeding is a person described in subdivision (2)(A) or the child named in the petition is a child described in subdivision (2)(B), (2)(C), or (2)(D).
(b) A court reviewing a petition to establish or modify the custody of a child may request information from the department of child services regarding a petition or proceeding described in subsection (a)(2). The department shall provide a response under seal to the court's request for information not later than ten (10) days after the department receives the court's request for the information.Added by P.L. 239-2013, SEC. 2, eff. 7/1/2013.