Ind. Code § 31-17-2-26

Current through P.L. 171-2024
Section 31-17-2-26 - 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 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.

IC 31-17-2-26

Added by P.L. 239-2013, SEC. 4, eff. 7/1/2013.