2020 Indiana Code
Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law
Article 34. Juvenile Law: Children in Need of Services
Chapter 3. Child Taken Into Custody
31-34-3-1. Procedures for Notice to Custodial Parent, Guardian, or Custodian

Universal Citation: IN Code § 31-34-3-1 (2020)

Sec. 1. If a child is taken into custody under IC 31-34-2, the department of child services shall notify the child's custodial parent, guardian, or custodian not more than two (2) hours after the child has been taken into custody that the child has been taken into custody as the result of alleged child abuse or neglect.

[Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-6-4-4.5(a) part.]

As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.17. Amended by P.L.234-2005, SEC.172.

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