Ind. Code § 31-34-12-9
Rebuttable presumption to prohibit in person contact with child
As added by P.L.244-2023, SEC.10.
If:
- (1) a child is the subject of a petition alleging that the child is a child in need of services; and
(2) a parent of the child has been convicted of committing:
- (A) aggravated battery ( IC 35-42-2-1.5 );
- (B) strangulation ( IC 35-42-2-9 ); or
(C) neglect of a dependent under IC 35-46-1-4 (b)(2) or IC 35-46-1-4 (b)(3);
against the child;
there is a rebuttable presumption that it is in the child's best interests to prohibit the parent from having in person contact with the child until a dispositional decree is entered or the petition is dismissed.
As added by P.L.244-2023, SEC.10.