Placement in Facility Located Outside Child's County of Residence

  1. Law
  2. Indiana Code
  3. Family Law and Juvenile Law
  4. Juvenile Law: Children in Need of Services
  5. Detention of Alleged Child in Need of Services
  6. Placement in Facility Located Outside Child's County of Residence

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Sec. 3. A juvenile court or the department may not place a child in a shelter care facility that is located outside the child's county of residence unless placement of the child in a comparable facility with adequate services located in the child's county of residence is unavailable or the child's county of residence does not have an appropriate comparable facility with adequate services.

[Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-6-4-6.5(e) part.]

As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.17. Amended by P.L.146-2008, SEC.582; P.L.104-2015, SEC.34.


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