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Ind. Code § 31-37-19-3 — Placement in shelter care facility outside county of residence; placement in home or facility outside Indiana
Current through 2026 Regular Session
Part of Chapter 19: Dispositional Decrees, Indiana Code.
Full text of Ind. Code § 31-37-19-3
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. 3. (a) A juvenile court may not place a child who is a delinquent child under IC 31-37-2 in a shelter care facility that is located outside the child's county of residence unless: (1) placement of the child in a shelter care facility with adequate services located in the child's county of residence is unavailable; or (2) the child's county of residence does not have an appropriate shelter care facility with adequate services. (b) A juvenile court may not place a child in a home or facility that is not a secure detention facility and that is located outside Indiana unless: (1) the placement is recommended or approved by the director of the department or the director's designee; or (2) the court makes written findings based on clear and convincing evidence that: (A) the out-of-state placement is appropriate because there is not an equivalent facility with adequate services located in Indiana; (B) institutional care in the other jurisdiction is in the best interest of the child and will not produce undue hardship; or (C) the location of the home or facility is within a distance not more than fifty (50) miles from the county of residence of the child. [Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-6-4-15.4(c).]
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