Detention of Child Leaving Home Without Permission of Parent, Guardian, or Custodian

  1. Law
  2. Indiana Code
  3. Family Law and Juvenile Law
  4. Juvenile Law: Delinquency
  5. Detention of Alleged Delinquent Child
  6. Detention of Child Leaving Home Without Permission of Parent, Guardian, or Custodian

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Sec. 3. A child alleged to be a delinquent child because of an act under IC 31-37-2-2 may be held in a juvenile detention facility for:

(1) not more than twenty-four (24) hours before; and

(2) not more than twenty-four (24) hours immediately after;

the initial court appearance, not including Saturdays, Sundays, and nonjudicial days.

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

As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.20. Amended by P.L.58-2004, SEC.1.


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