Sec. 1. (a) This chapter applies in a judicial circuit in which a majority of the judges of the circuit and superior courts determine that:

(1) the social conditions of the county; and

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(2) the number of domestic relations cases in the courts;

make the procedures described in IC 31-12-1 necessary for the full and proper consideration of domestic relations cases.

     (b) The judges shall make the determination described in subsection (a) annually in January.

As added by P.L.80-2006, SEC.2.