CHAPTER 8. PROGRAM OF INFORMAL ADJUSTMENT

IC 31-34-8
    Chapter 8. Program of Informal Adjustment

IC 31-34-8-1
Implementation of program; statement by court of reasons fordenial; program considered approved in certain circumstances
    Sec. 1. (a) After the preliminary inquiry and upon approval by thejuvenile court, the intake officer may implement a program ofinformal adjustment if the officer has probable cause to believe thatthe child is a child in need of services.
    (b) If the juvenile court denies a program of informal adjustment,the court shall state its reasons for the denial. The reasons mayinclude that:
        (1) the juvenile court finds no probable cause to believe that thechild is a child in need of services; or
        (2) the juvenile court finds that the coercive intervention of thejuvenile court is required.
    (c) If the juvenile court does not act to either:
        (1) approve or deny a program of informal adjustment; or
        (2) set a hearing date;
within ten (10) days of its submission to the juvenile court, theprogram of informal adjustment is considered approved.
    (d) If:
        (1) the juvenile court sets a hearing under subsection (c); and
        (2) the hearing is not concluded and action taken to approve ordeny the program of informal adjustment within thirty (30) daysof the submission of the program to the juvenile court;
the program of informal adjustment is considered approved.
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.17. Amended by P.L.146-2008,SEC.584.

IC 31-34-8-2
Consent
    Sec. 2. The child and the child's parent, guardian, custodian, orattorney must consent to a program of informal adjustment.
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.17.

IC 31-34-8-3
Petition for compliance; notice; hearing; order; contempt
    Sec. 3. (a) Upon the filing of a petition for compliance and afternotice and a hearing on the petition for compliance, the juvenilecourt may order the parent, guardian, or custodian of a child toparticipate in a program of informal adjustment implemented undersection 1 of this chapter.
    (b) A parent, guardian, or custodian who fails to participate in aprogram of informal adjustment after being ordered under subsection(a) to participate may be found in contempt of court.
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.17. Amended by P.L.146-2008,SEC.585.
IC 31-34-8-4
Repealed
    (Repealed by P.L.138-2007, SEC.93.)

IC 31-34-8-5
Repealed
    (Repealed by P.L.146-2008, SEC.804.)

IC 31-34-8-6
Duration of program; extension
    Sec. 6. A program of informal adjustment may not exceed six (6)months, except by approval of the juvenile court. The juvenile courtmay extend a program of informal adjustment an additional three (3)months.
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.17. Amended by P.L.146-2008,SEC.586.

IC 31-34-8-7
Report on extent of compliance
    Sec. 7. (a) Not later than five (5) months after the departmentimplements a program of informal adjustment under this chapter, thedepartment shall file with the court a report indicating the extent ofcompliance with the program.
    (b) If the court approves an extension of the period of the informaladjustment under section 6 of this chapter, the department shall filea supplemental report not later than eight (8) months after thedepartment implements the program of informal adjustment updatingthe court on the status of a person's compliance with the program.
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.17. Amended by P.L.234-2005,SEC.179; P.L.146-2008, SEC.587.

IC 31-34-8-8
Repealed
    (Repealed by P.L.146-2008, SEC.805.)

IC 31-34-8-9
Repealed
    (Repealed by P.L.146-2008, SEC.805.)