Introduced Version






HOUSE BILL No. 1040

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL



Citations Affected: IC 31-34-9-1.

Synopsis: Child in need of services petitions. Allows a prosecuting attorney to request a juvenile court to authorize the filing of a petition alleging that a child is a child in need of services, and allows a prosecuting attorney to represent the interests of the state in the child in need of services proceeding. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the department of child services interim study committee.)

Effective: July 1, 2013.





Kubacki, Mahan, Riecken




    January 7, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Family, Children and Human Affairs.







Introduced

First Regular Session 118th General Assembly (2013)


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HOUSE BILL No. 1040



    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning family law and juvenile law.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

SOURCE: IC 31-34-9-1; (13)IN1040.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 31-34-9-1, AS AMENDED BY P.L.146-2008, SECTION 588, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2013]: Sec. 1. (a) The attorney for the department:
        (1) may request the juvenile court to authorize the filing of a petition alleging that a child is a child in need of services; and
        (2) shall represent the interests of the state at this proceeding and at all subsequent proceedings on the petition.
     (b) A prosecuting attorney:
        (1) may request the juvenile court to authorize the filing of a petition alleging that a child is a child in need of services under IC 31-34-1; and
        (2) may represent the interests of the state at this proceeding and at all subsequent proceedings on the petition.