Indiana § 31-40-1-2.5 Payment of cost for certain services; department agreement with
probation office

Indiana Statutes

§ 31-40-1-2.5 — Payment of cost for certain services; department agreement with probation office

Indiana § 31-40-1-2.5

Art. 40JUVENILE LAW: FUNDING

Ch. 1Cost of Services; Liability of Parent or Guardian to Pay

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Ind. Code § 31-40-1-2.5 (2026).

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(a)This section applies to a child who is:

(1)adjudicated a child in need of services under IC 31-34;

(2)a party in a pending child in need of services proceeding under the jurisdiction of a juvenile court;

(3)receiving services for which payment has been made by the department under a case plan and a dispositional decree in the child in need of services proceeding; and

(4)placed in a secure detention facility by order of a juvenile court, based on a determination by the juvenile court that the child committed, or that probable cause exists to believe that the child committed, a delinquent act described in IC 31-37-1-2 at a time after adjudication in the child in need of services case.

(b)The department may, by agreement with the probation office of the juvenile court in which the

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5. (a) This section applies to a child who is:
(1) adjudicated a child in need of services under IC 31-34;
(2) a party in a pending child in need of services proceeding under
the jurisdiction of a juvenile court;
(3) receiving services for which payment has been made by the
department under a case plan and a dispositional decree in the
child in need of services proceeding; and
(4) placed in a secure detention facility by order of a juvenile
court, based on a determination by the juvenile court that the child
committed, or that probable cause exists to believe that the child
committed, a delinquent act described in IC 31-37-1-2 at a time
after adjudication in the child in need of services case.
(b) The department may, by agreement with the probation office of
the juvenile court in which the delinquency case is pending, pay the
cost of specified services for a child described in subsection (a), during
the time the child is placed in a secure detention facility.
(c) An agreement under this section must specify:
(1) the particular services that will be paid by the department
during the time the child is placed in a secure detention facility;
(2) the term of the agreement;
(3) any procedure or limitations relating to amendment or
extension of the agreement; and
(4) any other provision that the parties consider necessary or
appropriate.
(d) The child's case plan in a child in need of services case, as
prepared and approved by the department under IC 31-34-15, shall be
attached to and made a part of the agreement.
(e) An agreement under this section:
(1) shall be signed by:
(A) the director of the department; and
(B) the judge of the juvenile court that ordered or approved
placement of the child in the secure detention facility; and
(2) may not be considered to be a contract for purposes of IC 4-13-2.