Section 31-41-2-6 - Dual status team reports; recommendationsAfter a dual status assessment team has met to assess a child, the team shall:
(1) designate a member to prepare the written report for the juvenile court; and(2) provide recommendations, including: (A) whether the court should proceed with an additional initial hearing regarding the petition alleging the child is in need of services and dismiss a pending delinquency petition or informal adjustment at the conclusion of a child in need of services adjudication;(B) whether the court should proceed with an additional initial hearing regarding a petition alleging that the child is a delinquent child under IC 31-37-1 and dismiss a pending child in need of services petition or informal adjustment upon conclusion of the delinquency adjudication;(C) whether the court should proceed with an additional initial hearing and adjudication or informal adjustment concerning a child in need of services petition and a delinquency petition under IC 31-37-1;(D) what agency should be the lead agency in a child's supervision; and(E) any other matters relevant to the child's best interests, including any services to be included in a dispositional decree. If the probation department of the juvenile court is designated as the lead agency under IC 31-41-3, any recommendations made by the dual status assessment team under subdivision (2) must be consistent with the funding provisions of IC 31-37.
Added by P.L. 187-2015, SEC. 35, eff. 7/1/2015.Added by P.L. 66-2015, SEC. 17, eff. 7/1/2015.