2006 Indiana Code - CHAPTER 4. DOMESTIC RELATIONS COUNSELING BUREAU FEE
IC 31-12-4Chapter 4. Domestic Relations Counseling Bureau Fee
IC 31-12-4-1
Fees; domestic relations counseling services
31-12-4-1 Sec. 1. (a) Upon order of a judge or group of judges
described in IC 31-12-1, IC 31-12-1.5, or IC 31-12-2, and in
accordance with this chapter, a court that provides domestic relations
counseling services may charge a fee for these services.
(b) In addition to any other domestic relations counseling services
ordered by the court, a domestic relations counseling bureau may
provide the following domestic relations counseling services:
(1) Screening.
(2) Investigation.
(3) Reporting.
(4) Evaluation.
(5) Counseling.
(6) Mediation.
As added by P.L.80-2006, SEC.3.
IC 31-12-4-2
Domestic relations counseling bureau fund
31-12-4-2 Sec. 2. (a) If a judge or group of judges issues an order
under section 1 of this chapter to charge a domestic relations
counseling fee, the judge must also adopt by court rule a schedule of
fees. The schedule of fees is not effective until approved by the
county fiscal body in accordance with this chapter.
(b) Upon request of a judge or group of judges that issued an
order under section 1 of this chapter, the county fiscal body may
adopt an ordinance to create a county domestic relations counseling
bureau fund to fund the services of a domestic relations court and a
domestic relations counseling bureau.
(c) If the county fiscal body creates a domestic relations
counseling bureau fund, any fees collected by the domestic relations
counseling bureau shall be deposited in the fund.
(d) The fund shall be administered by the judge or group of judges
who are signatories to the order described in section 1 of this chapter.
(e) The expenses of administering the fund shall be paid from the
money in the fund.
(f) Any money in the fund at the end of a fiscal year does not
revert to the county general fund.
(g) The county fiscal body may appropriate money from the
domestic relations counseling bureau fund to support the domestic
relations counseling bureau. However, a county fiscal body may not
transfer funds that have been previously appropriated to the budget
of the domestic relations counseling bureau as a consequence of an
appropriation from the domestic relations counseling bureau fund.
As added by P.L.80-2006, SEC.3.
IC 31-12-4-3
Gifts and donations
31-12-4-3 Sec. 3. With the prior approval of the judge or group of
judges described in IC 31-12-1, IC 31-12-1.5, or IC 31-12-2, a
domestic relations counseling bureau may receive gifts and donations
from a private source to supplement the budget of the domestic
relations counseling bureau.
As added by P.L.80-2006, SEC.3.
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