Ind. Code § 31-28-7-1

Current through P.L. 171-2024

Section 31-28-7-1 - [Effective 7/1/2024] Removal from home based on petition to adopt

If the department temporarily places a child with:

(1) an unlicensed kinship caregiver; or

(2) a de facto custodian;

the department may not remove the child from the home of the unlicensed kinship caregiver or de facto custodian solely on the basis of the unlicensed kinship caregiver or de facto custodian having filed a petition to adopt the child.

IC 31-28-7-1

Amended by P.L. 46-2024,SEC. 15, eff. 7/1/2024.

Added by P.L. 244-2023,SEC. 9, eff. 7/1/2023.

This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.