Indiana § 31-32-2.5-1 Petition to request intervention

Indiana Statutes

§ 31-32-2.5-1 — Petition to request intervention

Indiana § 31-32-2.5-1

Art. 32JUVENILE LAW: JUVENILE COURT

Ch. 2.5Right to Intervene in Child in Need of Services

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Ind. Code § 31-32-2.5-1 (2026).

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(a)Except as provided in subsection (b) and subject to this chapter, an individual who is providing care and supervision of a child as:

(1)a foster parent;

(2)a long term foster parent; or

(3)an unlicensed kinship caregiver; at the time the child is the subject of a child in need of services proceeding under IC 31-34 or a termination of parent-child relationship proceeding under IC 31-35 may intervene as a party during any stage of the proceeding if the individual files a petition to intervene with the court and the court makes the findings described in section 3 of this chapter.

(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 in

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(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) and
subject to this chapter, an individual who is providing care and
supervision of a child as:
(1) a foster parent;
(2) a long term foster parent; or
(3) an unlicensed kinship caregiver;
at the time the child is the subject of a child in need of services
proceeding under IC 31-34 or a termination of parent-child relationship
proceeding under IC 31-35 may intervene as a party during any stage
of the proceeding if the individual files a petition to intervene with the
court and the court makes the findings described in section 3 of this
chapter.
(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 intervene under this chapter.