Note: This version of section effective 7-1-2024. See also preceding version of this section, effective until 7-1-2024.

     Sec. 1. (a) After the investigation under IC 12-14-1-6, the county office shall decide the following:

Terms Used In Indiana Code 12-14-2-1 v2

  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
(1) Whether the child or woman described in IC 12-14-1-1(f) is eligible for assistance under this article.

(2) The amount of assistance.

(3) The date assistance begins.

     (b) The county office may not consider:

(1) money in an individual development account under IC 4-4-28 that belongs to the child or woman described in IC 12-14-1-1(f), or a member of the child’s or woman’s family;

(2) the value of the real property that is the child’s or woman’s primary residence;

(3) twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) of total equity value (as defined in 470 IAC 10.3-4-2) in motor vehicles that belong to one (1) or more members of the child’s or woman’s family;

(4) a Holocaust victim’s settlement payment received by the child, woman described in IC 12-14-1-1(f), or a member of the child’s or woman’s family; or

(5) money earned by the child, woman described in IC 12-14-1-1(f), or a member of the child’s or woman’s family as a student participating in:

(A) a paid internship;

(B) a work based learning course (as defined in IC 20-43-8-0.7); or

(C) paid postsecondary work experience that allows the individual to apply for a related apprenticeship (as defined by IC 20-43-8-0.3);

when determining whether the individual is eligible for assistance under this article.

[Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 12-1-7-1 part.]

As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.4-1993, SEC.66; P.L.5-1993, SEC.79; P.L.15-1997, SEC.3; P.L.126-1998, SEC.1; P.L.128-1999, SEC.9; P.L.14-2020, SEC.3; P.L.168-2021, SEC.2; P.L.83-2022, SEC.3; P.L.103-2023, SEC.8.