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Chapter 5.7. Older Youth Foster Care
IC 31-28-5.7-1
Eligible persons; petitions; reasons petitions are granted;
termination
Sec. 1. (a) An individual who:
(1) is at least eighteen (18) but less than twenty-one (21) years
of age; and
(2) received foster care under a court order during the month
before the individual became eighteen (18) years of age;
is eligible to receive foster care services at any time until the
individual becomes twenty-one (21) years of age.
(b) An individual described in subsection (a) may request the
department to petition a court for the individual to receive older
youth foster care services.
(c) A court shall grant a petition described in subsection (b) if the
individual is:
(1) employed;
(2) attending a vocational or educational certification or degree
program; or
(3) planning on attending a vocational or educational
certification or degree program within six (6) months of the
individual's eighteenth birthday.
(d) An individual may request the department to start the petition
process described in subsections (b) and (c) for the individual if the
individual is at least seventeen (17) years and six (6) months of age.
(e) If an older youth receiving foster care:
(1) is receiving foster care because the older youth planned on
attending a vocational or educational certification program; and
(2) does not begin attending a vocational or educational
certification program within nine (9) months after the
individual's eighteenth birthday;
foster care for the individual ceases without further action of the
court.
As added by P.L.143-2008, SEC.11.
IC 31-28-5.7-2
Adoption of rules
Sec. 2. The department shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to
implement this chapter. The rules adopted under this section must
apply to individuals working or attending vocational or educational
programs as set forth in section 1 of this chapter.
As added by P.L.143-2008, SEC.11.
