Section 31-32-2.5-1 - [Effective 7/1/2024] Petition to request intervention(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) and subject to this chapter: (2) a long term foster parent;(3) a person who has been a foster parent; or(4) an unlicensed kinship caregiver; of a child may petition the court to request intervention as a party during any stage of a child in need of services proceeding under IC 31-34 or a termination of parent-child relationship proceeding under IC 31-35 concerning the child.
(b) Any person described in subsection (a) who has been: (1) the subject of a substantiated report of child abuse or neglect; or(2) convicted of a nonwaivable offense, as defined in IC 31-9-2-84.8; may not petition the court to intervene under this chapter.
Amended by P.L. 46-2024,SEC. 16, eff. 7/1/2024.Amended by P.L. 68-2022,SEC. 3, eff. 7/1/2022.Added by P.L. 210-2019,SEC. 7, eff. 7/1/2019.This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.