1. (a) The juvenile court shall accompany the court's dispositional decree with written findings and conclusions upon the record concerning the following:

   1. (1) The needs of the child for care, treatment, rehabilitation, or placement, including any specific factors used to determine the child's best interest.
   2. (2) The need for participation by the parent, guardian, or custodian in the plan of care for the child.

   3. (3) Efforts made, if the child is a child in need of services, to:

      1. (A) prevent the child's removal from; or

      2. (B) reunite the child with;

         the child's parent, guardian, or custodian in accordance with federal law.

   4. (4) Family services that were offered and provided to:

      1. (A) a child in need of services; or

      2. (B) the child's parent, guardian, or custodian;

         in accordance with federal law.

   5. (5) The court's reasons for the disposition.
   6. (6) Whether the child is a dual status child under IC 31-41 .

2. (b) The juvenile court may incorporate a finding or conclusion from a predispositional report as a written finding or conclusion upon the record in the court's dispositional decree.

   [Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-6-4-15.3(i) part.]

As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.17. Amended by P.L.55-1997, SEC.23; P.L.146-2006, SEC.49; P.L.66-2015, SEC.8; P.L.116-2026, SEC.10.