§ 31-34-21-5.7 — Permanency plan; requirement; approval; reports and orders not required

Indiana § 31-34-21-5.7

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 34: JUVENILE LAW: CHILDREN IN NEED OF
• Ch. 21: Review of Dispositional Decrees; Formal Review

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7. (a) This section applies at any phase of a
child in need of services proceeding whenever a court enters a finding
that reasonable efforts to reunify or preserve a child's family are not
required under section 5.6 of this chapter.
(b) The department shall do the following:
(1) Complete a permanency plan for the child that complies with
the requirements of section 7.5 of this chapter.
(2) Seek court approval of the permanency plan under section 7
of this chapter.
(3) Refer a case to the permanency roundtable if the department
places a child in a child caring institution, group home, or private
secure facility.
(c) Notwithstanding any otherwise applicable requirements under
IC 31-34, whenever the department seeks approval of a permanency
plan for the child under subsection (b), the following reports, orders,
and hearings are not required:
(1) A predispositional report to consider participation of a child's
parent, guardian, or custodian in any program of care, treatment,
or rehabilitation of the child.
(2) A dispositional decree under IC 31-34-19-6 and findings and
conclusions under IC 31-34-19-10 that concern:
(A) participation of the child's parent, guardian, or custodian in
a program for future care or treatment of the child; or
(B) reasonable efforts to prevent the child's removal from the
child's home or to reunite the child with the child's parent,
guardian, or custodian.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.35-1998, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.145-2006, SEC.320; P.L.48-2012, SEC.65.