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Ind. Code § 31-37-19-23 — Placement in facility located outside child's county of residence
Current through 2026 Regular Session
Part of Chapter 19: Dispositional Decrees, Indiana Code.
Full text of Ind. Code § 31-37-19-23
Statutory text current through the 2026 Regular Session. This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of Indiana.
Sec. 23. A court may not place a child who is a delinquent child under IC 31-37-1 (or IC 31-6-4-1 (b)(1) before its repeal) in: (1) a community based correctional facility for children; (2) a juvenile detention facility; (3) a secure facility; (4) a secure private facility; or (5) a shelter care facility; that is located outside the child's county of residence unless placement of the child in a comparable facility with adequate services located in the child's county of residence is unavailable or the child's county of residence does not have an appropriate comparable facility with adequate services. [Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-6-4-15.9(m).]
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