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Terms Used In Indiana Code 12-23-12-3

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • minor: means a person less than eighteen (18) years of age. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
   Sec. 3. A minor less than eighteen (18) years of age may be placed under the treatment supervision of the division by the court having jurisdiction over the minor, according to the procedure established for juveniles in such cases or the procedure established by this article if the court having juvenile jurisdiction waives jurisdiction.

[Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 16-13-6.1-24.]

As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.17.