IC 31-12-4
    Chapter 4. Domestic Relations Counseling Bureau Fee

IC 31-12-4-1
Fees; domestic relations counseling services
    Sec. 1. (a) Upon order of a judge or group of judges described inIC 31-12-1, IC 31-12-1.5, or IC 31-12-2, and in accordance with thischapter, a court that provides domestic relations counseling servicesmay charge a fee for these services.
    (b) In addition to any other domestic relations counseling servicesordered by the court, a domestic relations counseling bureau mayprovide 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
    Sec. 2. (a) If a judge or group of judges issues an order undersection 1 of this chapter to charge a domestic relations counselingfee, the judge must also adopt by court rule a schedule of fees. Theschedule of fees is not effective until approved by the county fiscalbody in accordance with this chapter.
    (b) Upon request of a judge or group of judges that issued anorder under section 1 of this chapter, the county fiscal body mayadopt an ordinance to create a county domestic relations counselingbureau fund to fund the services of a domestic relations court and adomestic relations counseling bureau.
    (c) If the county fiscal body creates a domestic relationscounseling bureau fund, any fees collected by the domestic relationscounseling bureau shall be deposited in the fund.
    (d) The fund shall be administered by the judge or group of judgeswho are signatories to the order described in section 1 of this chapter.
    (e) The expenses of administering the fund shall be paid from themoney in the fund.
    (f) Any money in the fund at the end of a fiscal year does notrevert to the county general fund.
    (g) The county fiscal body may appropriate money from thedomestic relations counseling bureau fund to support the domesticrelations counseling bureau. However, a county fiscal body may nottransfer funds that have been previously appropriated to the budgetof the domestic relations counseling bureau as a consequence of anappropriation from the domestic relations counseling bureau fund.
As added by P.L.80-2006, SEC.3.

IC 31-12-4-3 Gifts and donations
    Sec. 3. With the prior approval of the judge or group of judgesdescribed in IC 31-12-1, IC 31-12-1.5, or IC 31-12-2, a domesticrelations counseling bureau may receive gifts and donations from aprivate source to supplement the budget of the domestic relationscounseling bureau.
As added by P.L.80-2006, SEC.3.