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. (1) a child is the subject of a petition alleging that the child is a child in need of services; and
  2. (2) a parent of the child has been convicted of committing:

    1. (A) aggravated battery ( IC 35-42-2-1.5 );
    2. (B) strangulation ( IC 35-42-2-9 ); or
    3. (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.

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