§ 33-23-6-3 — Plan; judicial approval

Indiana § 33-23-6-3

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 23: GENERAL PROVISIONS
• Ch. 6: Circuit Court and Superior Court Domestic Relations

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(a) A county desiring to participate in the
program under this chapter must:
(1) develop a plan to carry out the purposes of section 2 of this
chapter that is approved by a majority of the judges in the county
exercising jurisdiction over domestic relations and paternity
cases; and
(2) submit the plan to the judicial conference of Indiana.
(b) The plan under subsection (a) must include:
(1) information concerning how the county proposes to carry out
the purposes of the domestic relations alternative dispute
resolution fund as set out in section 2 of this chapter; and
(2) a method of ensuring that the money in the alternative dispute
resolution fund is disbursed in a manner that primarily benefits
those litigants who have the least ability to pay.
The plan may include the use of senior judges as mediators in domestic
relations cases as assigned by the supreme court. The judicial
conference of Indiana may request additional information from the
county as necessary.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-4-13-3.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.2.