The Senate Committee on Family and Children Services heard HB 1091 sponsored by Sen. Delph on information for prospective adoptive parent. The bill, which was amended in the House, requires the licensed child placing agency or local office that will conduct an inspection and submit a report to the court concerning a petition to adopt a child to provide and explain to a child's c … [Read more...] about Information for prospective adoptive parent
Family
Mid-Session: Family Law
Bill No. Bill Title Committee 2nd Reading 3rd Reading Sponsor(s) SB 5 Profiting from an adoption 1/18/18 Do Pass -A 1/22/18 Engrossed 1/30/18 Passed 48-0 Young J, Olthoff, Dvorak SB 128 Change of placement of a child in need of services 1/18/18 Do Pass -A 1/22/18 Engrossed 1/23/18 Passed 49-0 Sullivan SB 135 Required DCS notifications for schools 1/16/18 Do Pass -A 1/18/18 … [Read more...] about Mid-Session: Family Law
Children in need of services.
The Senate Family and Children Services Committee heard SB 381 authored by Sen. Messmer on children in need of services (CHINS). The author explained that when one child in the home is sexually abused, all children in the home are removed; however, if one child is physically abused, not all children are removed. The bill amends Ind. Code § 31-34-1-2, to provide the child and other … [Read more...] about Children in need of services.
Termination of parental rights
The Senate Judiciary Committee heard SB 402 on termination of parental rights, authored by Sen. Becker. The Committee heard the bill for amend and vote only. The bill was amended by consent to remove all provisions of the bill except for the provisions requiring the pre-dispositional report to be made available 48 hours before a hearing. The amended bill passed 8-0 Read the bill at … [Read more...] about Termination of parental rights
Department of Child Services
The Senate Family and Children Services Committee heard SB 428 authored by Sen. Zay on Department of Child Services (DCS). The bill requires the local school to participate in a case conference in a CHINS case when DCS prepares a pre-disposition report and requires DCS to share drug test results. Two local school representatives discussed a case in which a severely ill child was … [Read more...] about Department of Child Services