Citations Affected: IC 31-34.
Synopsis: Child in need of services petitions. Conference committee report for ESB 164.
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 (CHINS), and requires a prosecuting attorney
to represent the interests of the state in the CHINS proceeding, unless the prosecuting attorney
and the department of child services agree that the department shall represent the interests of the
state in that proceeding. Provides that if a prosecuting attorney is representing the interests of the
state at a subsequent proceeding after a CHINS petition is filed, all deadlines and procedures
concerning CHINS apply to the prosecuting attorney to the same extent as they apply to the
department. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the department of child services
interim study committee.) (This conference committee reports adds a provision that provides
that if a prosecuting attorney is representing the interests of the state at a subsequent
proceeding after a CHINS petition is filed, all deadlines and procedures concerning CHINS
apply to the prosecuting attorney to the same extent as they apply to the department.)
Effective: July 1, 2013.
MADAM PRESIDENT:
Your Conference Committee appointed to confer with a like committee from the House
upon Engrossed House Amendments to Engrossed Senate Bill No. 164 respectfully reports
that said two committees have conferred and agreed as follows to wit:
that the Senate recede from its dissent from all House amendments and that
the Senate now concur in all House amendments to the bill and that the bill
be further amended as follows:
S
igned by:
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Senator HoldmanRepresentative Mahan
Chairperson
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Senator BrodenRepresentative Riecken
Senate Conferees House Conferees