1. (a) If:

   1. (1) a child is in detention; and

   2. (2) a petition has been filed;

      a fact-finding hearing or a waiver hearing must be commenced not later than twenty (20) days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, after the petition is filed.

2. (b) If:

   1. (1) a child is not in detention; and

   2. (2) a petition has been filed;

      the hearing must be commenced not later than sixty (60) days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, after the petition is filed.

3. (c) A child who is ordered detained in the home of the child's parent, guardian, or custodian or who is subject to other conditions of release under IC 31-37-6-6 may not be considered as being detained for purposes of this section.

   [Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-6-7-6(b).]

As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.20. Amended by P.L.188-1999, SEC.3.