The Senate Committee on Family and Children Services heard HB 1432 sponsored by Senator Young regarding parental incarceration. The bill provides that: a child in need of services (CHINS) case plan must include a description and discussion of the services and treatment available to an incarcerated parent at the facility at which the parent is incarcerated; and how the parent and … [Read more...] about Parental incarceration
Family
Mid-Session: Family Law
The following family law bills passed out of their originating house: SB 197 Copies of identifying adoption information Previous blog post: http://indianacourts.us/legislative/?p=2292 House sponsor: Steuerwald Read the current bill: http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2019/bills/senate/197 SB 206 Child support modification Previous blog post: … [Read more...] about Mid-Session: Family Law
Drug testing and visitation
The Senate Judiciary Committee heard Sen. Crider’s SB 323 on drug testing and visitation. The bill authorizes a court to require a parent to submit to drug testing as a condition of exercising parenting time rights if the court finds that: (1) the parent has a history of unlawful drug use within the previous five years; or (2) there is a reasonable likelihood that the parent is c … [Read more...] about Drug testing and visitation
Notice and hearing on child relocation
The Senate Judiciary Committee heard Sen. Head’s SB 292 on notice and hearings on child relocation. The bill provides the following: Changes certain procedures governing the relocation of a child in cases in which custody orders are issued following a determination of paternity and in cases heard under statutes governing custody and visitation Requires parties to share certain co … [Read more...] about Notice and hearing on child relocation
Parental incarceration
The House Committee on Family, Children and Human Affairs heard HB 1432 authored by Rep. Macer on parental incarceration. The bill as introduced: Provides that a parent who is incarcerated must be allowed to participate in person in child in need of services (CHINS) proceedings regarding the parent’s child. Provides that a CHINS case plan must include a description and di … [Read more...] about Parental incarceration