Authority: IC 12-13-2-3; IC 12-13-5-3

Affected: IC 12-17-15

Sec. 8. (a) The division shall ensure that not later than forty-five (45) days after the receipt of a request for a hearing:

1. (1) a final decision is reached in the hearing; and
2. (2) a copy of the decision is mailed to each of the parties.

(b) Any party dissatisfied with the decision may appeal for an impartial review by the division under section 6 of this rule. The appeal must:

1. (1) be in writing;
2. (2) filed simultaneously with the division and the opposing party; and
3. (3) filed within thirty (30) calendar days of the date the hearing officer's decision is received by the party.

(c) The division shall ensure that not later than thirty (30) days after the receipt of a request for a review:

1. (1) a final decision is reached in the review; and
2. (2) a copy of the decision is mailed to each of the parties.

(d) A hearing or reviewing officer may grant specific extensions of time beyond the periods set out in subsections (a) and (b) at the request of either party.

(e) Each hearing and each review involving oral arguments must be conducted at a time and place that is reasonably convenient to the parent and child involved.

(Division of Family Resources; 470 IAC 3.1-15-8; filed Jan 29, 1996, 5:15 p.m.: 19 IR 1353; errata filed Aug 7, 1996, 11:10 a.m.: 19 IR 3471; filed Mar 9, 1999, 2:05 p.m.: 22 IR 2271; readopted filed Jul 12, 2001, 1:40 p.m.: 24 IR 4235; readopted filed Oct 24, 2007, 11:25 a.m.: 20071121-IR-470070448RFA; readopted filed Aug 23, 2013, 3:36 p.m.: 20130918-IR-470130306RFA; readopted filed Nov 13, 2019, 11:56 a.m.: 20191211-IR-470190490RFA; readopted filed Oct 8, 2025, 3:15 p.m.: 20251105-IR-470240501RFA)