Decree Limiting Contact With Child; Copies to Parties and Law Enforcement Agencies

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Sec. 25. (a) The clerk of the court that enters a dispositional decree under this article that requires a person to refrain from direct or indirect contact with a child shall provide a copy of the decree to the following:

(1) Each party.

(2) The sheriff.

(3) The law enforcement agency of the municipality, if any, in which the child resides.

(b) Each sheriff and law enforcement agency that receives a decree under subsection (a) shall maintain a copy of the decree in the depository established by IC 5-2-9. The decree may be removed from the depository after the later of the following occurs:

(1) The lapse of one (1) year after the decree is entered.

(2) The date specified in the decree if any.

[Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-6-4-16.1 part.]

As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.20.


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