2006 Indiana Code - CHAPTER 3. GUARDIAN AD LITEM OR COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE USER FEE; GUARDIAN AD LITEM OR COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE FUND

IC 31-40-3
     Chapter 3. Guardian Ad Litem or Court Appointed Special Advocate User Fee; Guardian Ad Litem or Court Appointed Special Advocate Fund

IC 31-40-3-1
User fee
    31-40-3-1 Sec. 1. Subject to IC 31-40-1-3, juvenile court may order the parent or guardian of the estate of any child for whom a guardian ad litem or court appointed special advocate is appointed to pay to the probation department a user fee of not more than one hundred dollars ($100) for deposit by the probation department in:
        (1) the guardian ad litem fund if a guardian ad litem has been appointed; or
        (2) the court appointed special advocate fund if a court appointed special advocate has been appointed.
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.23.

IC 31-40-3-2
Appropriations
    31-40-3-2 Sec. 2. The fiscal body of the county shall appropriate money from:
        (1) the guardian ad litem fund; or
        (2) the court appointed special advocate fund;
to the juvenile courts of the county for use by the courts in providing guardian ad litem or court appointed special advocate services and the costs of representation for the guardians ad litem or court appointed special advocates.
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.23.

IC 31-40-3-3
Funds; disposition of unused money
    31-40-3-3 Sec. 3. Money remaining in the guardian ad litem fund or court appointed special advocate fund at the end of the county's fiscal year does not revert to any other fund but continues in the guardian ad litem fund or court appointed special advocate fund.
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.23.

IC 31-40-3-4
Use of adoption incentive payment
    31-40-3-4 Sec. 4. An adoption incentive payment that is paid to Indiana under the federal Adoption and Safe Families Act (42 U.S.C. 473A(d)) must be used for services to facilitate the adoption of children who are in need of services and may be used for postadoption services.
As added by P.L.35-1998, SEC.27.