Ind. Code § 31-19-8-1

Current through P.L. 171-2024

Section 31-19-8-1 - Period of supervision as prerequisite to adoption

An adoption may be granted in Indiana only after:

(1) the court has heard the evidence; and

(2) except as provided in section 2(c) of this chapter, a period of supervision, as described in section 2 of this chapter, by:

(A) a licensed child placing agency for a child who has not been adjudicated to be a child in need of services; or

(B) the department, if the child is the subject of an open child in need of services action.

IC 31-19-8-1

Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-3-1-3 part.

Amended by P.L. 128-2012, SEC. 50, eff. 7/1/2012.

As added by P.L. 1-1997, SEC.11. Amended by P.L. 145-2006, SEC.248; P.L. 138-2007, SEC.38; P.L. 131-2009, SEC.15.