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2020 Indiana Code
Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law
Article 9. Definitions
Chapter 2. Definitions
- 31-9-2-0.2. Application of Certain Amendments to Prior Law
- 31-9-2-0.3. "Abandoned"
- 31-9-2-0.4. "Abandoned Child"
- 31-9-2-0.5. "Abandoned Infant"
- 31-9-2-0.7. "Account"
- 31-9-2-0.8. "Active Duty"
- 31-9-2-0.9. "Act of Rape"
- 31-9-2-1. "Actual Notice"
- 31-9-2-2. "Adoptee"
- 31-9-2-3. "Adoption"
- 31-9-2-4. "Adoption Assistance State"
- 31-9-2-5. "Adoption History"
- 31-9-2-5.5. "Adoption Subsidy"
- 31-9-2-6. "Adoptive Parent"
- 31-9-2-7. "Adult"
- 31-9-2-8. "Advisory Board"
- 31-9-2-8.5. "Age or Developmentally Appropriate"
- 31-9-2-9. "Alleged Father"
- 31-9-2-9.3. "Applicant"
- 31-9-2-9.4. "Application"
- 31-9-2-9.5. "Appropriate Public Authorities"
- 31-9-2-9.6. "Assessment"
- 31-9-2-9.7. "Assistance"
- 31-9-2-9.9. "At-Risk Child" or "At-Risk Children"
- 31-9-2-10. "Birth Parent"
- 31-9-2-10.3. "Blind"
- 31-9-2-10.6. "Board"
- 31-9-2-10.8. "Bureau"
- 31-9-2-10.9. Repealed
- 31-9-2-11. "Caseworker"
- 31-9-2-11.1. "Case"
- 31-9-2-12. "Center"
- 31-9-2-12.5. "Central Authority"
- 31-9-2-13. "Child"
- 31-9-2-14. "Child Abuse or Neglect"
- 31-9-2-14.5. "Child at Imminent Risk of Placement"
- 31-9-2-15. "Child Born in Wedlock"
- 31-9-2-16. "Child Born Out of Wedlock"
- 31-9-2-16.3. "Child Care"
- 31-9-2-16.4. "Child Caregiver"
- 31-9-2-16.5. "Child Care Provider"
- 31-9-2-16.7. "Child Caring Institution"
- 31-9-2-16.8. "Child Custody Determination"
- 31-9-2-16.9. "Child Custody Proceeding"
- 31-9-2-17. "Child in Need of Services"
- 31-9-2-17.5. "Child Placing Agency"
- 31-9-2-17.8. "Child Services"
- 31-9-2-18. "Child Support Guidelines"
- 31-9-2-19. "Child Support Order"
- 31-9-2-19.3. "Child Welfare Agency"
- 31-9-2-19.5. "Child Welfare Services"
- 31-9-2-19.6. "Child Welfare Program"
- 31-9-2-20. "Child With a Disability"
- 31-9-2-20.3. "Child With Special Needs"
- 31-9-2-20.5. "Commencement"
- 31-9-2-21. Repealed
- 31-9-2-22. "Compact"
- 31-9-2-22.1. "Concurrent Planning"
- 31-9-2-22.5. "Conduct a Criminal History Check"
- 31-9-2-23. Repealed
- 31-9-2-23.7. "Contact"
- 31-9-2-23.8. "Contact Preference Form"
- 31-9-2-24. "Controlled Substance"
- 31-9-2-24.2. "Convention"
- 31-9-2-24.3. "Convention Support Order"
- 31-9-2-24.5. "Costs of Secure Detention"
- 31-9-2-25. "Council"
- 31-9-2-26. Repealed
- 31-9-2-27. "Court"
- 31-9-2-28. "Court Appointed Special Advocate"
- 31-9-2-29. "Crime"
- 31-9-2-29.5. "Crime Involving Domestic or Family Violence"
- 31-9-2-29.7. Repealed
- 31-9-2-30. "Custodial Parent"
- 31-9-2-31. "Custodian"
- 31-9-2-32. Repealed
- 31-9-2-33. Repealed
- 31-9-2-34. Repealed
- 31-9-2-35. Repealed
- 31-9-2-35.5. "De Facto Custodian"
- 31-9-2-36. "Delinquent"
- 31-9-2-37. "Delinquent Child"
- 31-9-2-38. "Delinquent Juvenile"
- 31-9-2-38.5. "Department"
- 31-9-2-39. "Dependent Child" or "Neglected Child"
- 31-9-2-39.5. "Destitute Child"
- 31-9-2-40. "Director"
- 31-9-2-40.5. "Direct Request"
- 31-9-2-41. "Dissolution Decree"
- 31-9-2-41.2. Repealed
- 31-9-2-42. "Domestic or Family Violence"
- 31-9-2-42.3. "Drug or Alcohol Screen Test"
- 31-9-2-43. "Duty of Support"
- 31-9-2-43.2. "Early Intervention Advocate"
- 31-9-2-43.3. Repealed
- 31-9-2-43.5. "Emergency Medical Services Provider"
- 31-9-2-43.8. "Evaluator"
- 31-9-2-44. "Executive Authority"
- 31-9-2-44.3. Repealed
- 31-9-2-44.5. "Family or Household Member"
- 31-9-2-44.8. "Family Preservation Services"
- 31-9-2-45. "Family Services"
- 31-9-2-46. "Final Separation"
- 31-9-2-46.1. "Foreign Central Authority"
- 31-9-2-46.2. "Foreign Country"
- 31-9-2-46.3. "Foreign Support Agreement"
- 31-9-2-46.4. "Foreign Support Order"
- 31-9-2-46.5. "Financial Institution"
- 31-9-2-46.6. "Foreign Tribunal"
- 31-9-2-46.7. "Foster Care"
- 31-9-2-46.9. "Foster Family Home"
- 31-9-2-47. "Foster Parent"
- 31-9-2-47.6. "Fund"
- 31-9-2-48. "Governor"
- 31-9-2-48.3. "Grandparent Visitation"
- 31-9-2-48.5. "Group Home"
- 31-9-2-49. "Guardian"
- 31-9-2-50. "Guardian Ad Litem"
- 31-9-2-51. "Hard to Place Child" or "Hard to Place Children"
- 31-9-2-52. "Health Care Provider"
- 31-9-2-53. "Home State"
- 31-9-2-54. "Identifying Information"
- 31-9-2-54.5. "Incapacitated Person"
- 31-9-2-54.7. "Incarceration"
- 31-9-2-55. "Includes"
- 31-9-2-56. "Income"
- 31-9-2-57. "Income Payor"
- 31-9-2-58. "Income Withholding Order"
- 31-9-2-58.3. "Index"
- 31-9-2-58.5. Repealed
- 31-9-2-59. Repealed
- 31-9-2-59.5. "Initial Determination"
- 31-9-2-60. Repealed
- 31-9-2-61. "Initiating Tribunal"
- 31-9-2-62. "Intake Officer"
- 31-9-2-63. "Intended Biological Parent"
- 31-9-2-64. "Interested Person"
- 31-9-2-64.5. "Issuing Court"
- 31-9-2-64.7. "Issuing Foreign Country"
- 31-9-2-65. "Issuing State"
- 31-9-2-66. "Issuing Tribunal"
- 31-9-2-67. "Joint Legal Custody"
- 31-9-2-68. "Judge"
- 31-9-2-69. "Juvenile"
- 31-9-2-70. "Juvenile Court"
- 31-9-2-71. "Juvenile Detention Facility"
- 31-9-2-72. "Juvenile Law"
- 31-9-2-72.5. Repealed
- 31-9-2-72.6. Repealed
- 31-9-2-72.7. "Kinship Care Navigator Program"
- 31-9-2-73. "Law"
- 31-9-2-74. "Law Enforcement Agency"
- 31-9-2-75. "Legal Settlement"
- 31-9-2-76. "Legend Drug"
- 31-9-2-76.3. "Licensee"
- 31-9-2-76.4. Repealed
- 31-9-2-76.5. "Long Term Foster Parent"
- 31-9-2-76.6. "Local Office"
- 31-9-2-76.7. "Lifetime Sex or Violent Offender"
- 31-9-2-76.8. "Local Law Enforcement Authority"
- 31-9-2-77. "Maternal or Paternal Grandparent"
- 31-9-2-78. "Medical History"
- 31-9-2-79. "Medical Information"
- 31-9-2-80. Repealed
- 31-9-2-80.5. Repealed
- 31-9-2-80.8. "Modification"
- 31-9-2-81. Repealed
- 31-9-2-81.5. "Monitor"
- 31-9-2-82. "Neglected Child" or "Dependent Child"
- 31-9-2-83. "Noncustodial Parent"
- 31-9-2-84. "Nonidentifying Information"
- 31-9-2-84.6. "Nonrelocating Individual"
- 31-9-2-84.7. "Nonrelocating Parent"
- 31-9-2-84.8. "Nonwaivable Offense"
- 31-9-2-85. "Obligee"
- 31-9-2-86. "Obligor"
- 31-9-2-87. "Omission"
- 31-9-2-87.5. "Outside This State"
- 31-9-2-88. "Parent"
- 31-9-2-88.5. "Parenting Time"
- 31-9-2-88.7. "Permanency Roundtable"
- 31-9-2-89. "Person"
- 31-9-2-90. "Person Acting as Parent"
- 31-9-2-91. "Petitioner"
- 31-9-2-92. "Physical Custody"
- 31-9-2-92.5. "Plan"
- 31-9-2-93. "Pre-Adoptive Sibling"
- 31-9-2-94. "Preliminary Inquiry"
- 31-9-2-95. "Premarital Agreement"
- 31-9-2-95.5. Repealed
- 31-9-2-96. "Prior Family Law and Juvenile Law"
- 31-9-2-97. "Probation or Parole"
- 31-9-2-97.4. "Professional Health Care Provider"
- 31-9-2-97.6. "Project"
- 31-9-2-98. "Property"
- 31-9-2-99. "Prosecuting Attorney"
- 31-9-2-99.2. "Prospective Adoptive Parent"
- 31-9-2-99.3. "Provider"
- 31-9-2-99.7. "Public Welfare"
- 31-9-2-100. "Putative Father"
- 31-9-2-100.5. "Qualified Medical Practitioner"
- 31-9-2-101. "Reason to Believe"
- 31-9-2-101.5. "Reasonable and Prudent Parent Standard"
- 31-9-2-102. "Receiving State"
- 31-9-2-102.5. "Recipient"
- 31-9-2-102.7. "Record"
- 31-9-2-103. Repealed
- 31-9-2-103.6. "Region"
- 31-9-2-103.7. "Regional Services Council"
- 31-9-2-104. "Register"
- 31-9-2-105. "Registering Tribunal"
- 31-9-2-106. "Registry"
- 31-9-2-106.5. Repealed
- 31-9-2-107. "Relative"
- 31-9-2-107.5. "Relocating Individual"
- 31-9-2-107.7. "Relocation"
- 31-9-2-108. "Residence"
- 31-9-2-109. "Residence State"
- 31-9-2-109.5. "Residential Placement Committee"
- 31-9-2-110. "Respondent"
- 31-9-2-111. "Responding State"
- 31-9-2-112. "Responding Tribunal"
- 31-9-2-113. Repealed
- 31-9-2-113.5. "School"
- 31-9-2-113.7. "Secure Detention Facility"
- 31-9-2-114. "Secure Facility"
- 31-9-2-115. "Secure Private Facility"
- 31-9-2-116. "Sending State"
- 31-9-2-116.4. "Services"
- 31-9-2-116.5. "Services or Items"
- 31-9-2-117. "Shelter Care Facility"
- 31-9-2-117.3. "Sibling"
- 31-9-2-117.5. Repealed
- 31-9-2-118. "Spousal Support Order"
- 31-9-2-119. "State"
- 31-9-2-120. "State Department"
- 31-9-2-121. "State Registrar"
- 31-9-2-121.5. Repealed
- 31-9-2-122. Repealed
- 31-9-2-122.5. "Steve System"
- 31-9-2-123. "Substantiated"
- 31-9-2-123.5. "Successful Adulthood Services"
- 31-9-2-123.7. "Supervised Independent Living Arrangement"
- 31-9-2-124. "Support Enforcement Agency"
- 31-9-2-125. "Support Order"
- 31-9-2-126. "Surrogate"
- 31-9-2-127. "Surrogate Agreement"
- 31-9-2-128. Repealed
- 31-9-2-129. "Team"
- 31-9-2-129.5. "Therapeutic Foster Family Home"
- 31-9-2-130. "Title Iv-D Agency"
- 31-9-2-130.2. "Title Iv-D Case"
- 31-9-2-130.3. "Transitional Services Plan"
- 31-9-2-130.5. "Tribe"
- 31-9-2-131. "Tribunal"
- 31-9-2-131.5. "United States Central Authority"
- 31-9-2-132. "Unsubstantiated"
- 31-9-2-133. "Victim of Child Abuse or Neglect"
- 31-9-2-133.1. "Victim of Human or Sexual Trafficking"
- 31-9-2-134. "Voluntary Information"
- 31-9-2-134.5. "Wardship"
- 31-9-2-135. "Warrant"
- 31-9-2-136. "Youth Service Bureau"
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