Section 31-35-2-6 - Request for hearing; timing of hearing; dismissal of petition(a) Except when a hearing is required after June 30, 1999, under section 4.5 of this chapter, the person filing the petition shall request the court to set the petition for a hearing. Whenever a hearing is requested under this chapter, the court shall: (1) commence a hearing on the petition not more than ninety (90) days after a petition is filed under this chapter; and(2) complete a hearing on the petition not more than one hundred eighty (180) days after a petition is filed under this chapter.(b) If a hearing is not held within the time set forth in subsection (a): (1) upon filing of a motion with the court by a party; and(2) absent good cause shown for the failure to hold the hearing within the time set forth in subsection (a); the court shall dismiss the petition to terminate the parent-child relationship without prejudice.
Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-6-5-4(b) part.
Amended by P.L. 244-2023,SEC. 11, eff. 7/1/2023.Amended by P.L. 48-2012, SEC. 68, eff. 7/1/2012.As added by P.L. 1-1997, SEC.18. Amended by P.L. 35-1998, SEC.21; P.L. 146-2006, SEC.54.