H.E.A. 1009, P.L. 119 Effective: January 1, 2024 Specifies what a court shall order a father to pay for pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum expenses. Read the bill at: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1009 … [Read more...] about Court ordered expenses
Adoptions
H.E.A. 1560, P.L. 89 Effective: July 1, 2023 Provides that certain consent to adoption may be withdrawn not later than 15 days after the consent to adoption is signed and that certain persons must file a motion to contest an adoption after receiving certain notice. (Current law allows 30 days to withdraw.) Allows a consent to adoption to be executed or acknowledged in … [Read more...] about Adoptions
Behavioral health matters
S.E.A. 1, P.L. 162 Effective: §§4 & 10 effective on May 4, 2023, otherwise July 1, 2023 Read the bill at: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/1 … [Read more...] about Behavioral health matters
Conviction data
S.E.A. 136, P.L. 23 Effective: July 1, 2023 Defines "prohibited person" as a person prohibited from possessing a firearm or carrying a handgun. Provides that the office of judicial administration may establish a system to transmit certain data to assist in determining whether a person is a prohibited person. Read the bill at: … [Read more...] about Conviction data
Address confidentiality
S.E.A. 314, P.L. 180 Effective: July 1, 2023 Replaces a "victim of domestic violence" with an individual who is an address confidentiality "program participant" in the definition of "covered person" for purposes of the statutes concerning restricted addresses. Urges the legislative council to assign to the appropriate interim study committee the topic of studying certain … [Read more...] about Address confidentiality