The House Courts and Criminal Code Committee heard SB 182 on court procedures sponsored by Rep. J. Young and authored by Sen. Freeman. The bill makes clarifying changes to the expungement statutes and provides for automatic expungement by the court of certain records. Testimony in support of the bill was heard from the Indiana Public Defender Council. The bill passed … [Read more...] about Court procedures
Juvenile
Youth offender boot camps and inmate calling services
The Senate Family and Children Services Committee heard HB 1181 sponsored by Sen. Ford and authored by Rep. DeVon regarding youth offender boot camps and inmate calling services. Sen. Ford presented the bill, which eliminates from statute the DOC’s youthful offender boot camp program and applies rate caps to inmate calling services at state and county correctional facilities. The … [Read more...] about Youth offender boot camps and inmate calling services
Mid-Session: Juvenile Law
The following juvenile law bills passed out of their originating house: SB 180 Interim study committee (formerly, juvenile court appointed attorney for child) Previous blog post: https://legislativeupdate.courts.in.gov/2022/01/21/juvenile-court-appointed-attorney-for-child-2/House sponsor: DeVonRead the current bill: http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/bills/senate/180 SB … [Read more...] about Mid-Session: Juvenile Law
Termination of parent-child relationship
The Senate Judiciary Committee heard SB 410 on termination of parent-child relationship authored by Sen. Bohacek. The bill as amended allows a kinship caregiver of a child to intervene as a party in proceedings to terminate the parent-child relationship concerning the child. The amendment removed a provision that a kinship caregiver who intervenes as a party in proceedings to … [Read more...] about Termination of parent-child relationship
Various Department of Child Services changes
The House Family, Children and Human Affairs Committee heard HB 1363 authored by Rep. John Young on various Department of Child Services (DCS) changes. The bill removes the filing requirement for a verified parental participation petition before the juvenile court can proceed to disposition. The bill also makes certain changes regarding the DCS changing a child’s out of home p … [Read more...] about Various Department of Child Services changes