Section 31-37-19-3 - Placement in shelter care facility outside county of residence; placement in home or facility outside Indiana(a) A juvenile court may not place a child who is a delinquent child under IC 31-37-2 in a shelter care facility that is located outside the child's county of residence unless: (1) placement of the child in a shelter care facility with adequate services located in the child's county of residence is unavailable; or(2) the child's county of residence does not have an appropriate shelter care facility with adequate services.(b) A juvenile court may not place a child in a home or facility that is not a secure detention facility and that is located outside Indiana unless: (1) the placement is recommended or approved by the director of the department or the director's designee; or(2) the court makes written findings based on clear and convincing evidence that:(A) the out-of-state placement is appropriate because there is not an equivalent facility with adequate services located in Indiana;(B) institutional care in the other jurisdiction is in the best interest of the child and will not produce undue hardship; or(C) the location of the home or facility is within a distance not more than fifty (50) miles from the county of residence of the child.Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-6-4-15.4(c).
Amended by P.L. 183-2017,SEC. 56, eff. 7/1/2017.Amended by P.L. 46-2016, SEC. 18, eff. 7/1/2016.As added by P.L. 1-1997, SEC.20. Amended by P.L. 146-2008, SEC.649.