The Senate Appropriations Committee heard SB 180 authored by Sen. Jon Ford on appointed attorneys for children in juvenile court. The bill (1) requires the appointment of an attorney for each child in a Child in Need of Services (CHINS) case where abuse or neglect is alleged, and in a termination of parental rights (TPR) case, (2) specifies that a child’s guardian ad litem or s … [Read more...] about Juvenile court appointed attorney for child
Probate code study commission
The Senate Judiciary Committee heard SB 193 on probate code study commission authored by Sen. Sandlin and Sen. Freeman. The bill provides that the chief justice of the supreme court, or the chief justice's designee, is a nonvoting member of the probate code study commission (commission) and that eight affirmative votes are required for the commission to take final … [Read more...] about Probate code study commission
Reimbursement for public defender services
The Senate Corrections and Criminal Law Committee heard SB 308 on reimbursement for public defender services authored by Sen. Glick.The billprovides that the Public Defender Commission may reimburse a county up to 40% of the county's expenditures for indigent defense services provided in misdemeanor cases, up to 80% of a multicounty public defender's office's … [Read more...] about Reimbursement for public defender services
Discontinuance of youth offender boot camps
The House Courts and Criminal Code Committee heard HB 1181 on discontinuance of youth offender boot camps authored by Rep. DeVon.The billprovides that juvenile offenders may not be placed in Department of Correction boot camps beginning July 1, 2022. The bill also provides, for purposes of juvenile offenders who are already participating in the boot camp program on … [Read more...] about Discontinuance of youth offender boot camps
Residential eviction actions
The House Judiciary Committee heard HB 1214 on residential eviction actions authored by Rep. Manning. The bill, as amended by the committee, adds: a new chapter governing eviction action information providers’ disclosure of eviction action information and establishes that a violation of this chapter is a deceptive act actionably under Ind. Code § 24-5-0.5-4;a new chapter on … [Read more...] about Residential eviction actions