Indiana Code 31-32-2.5-1. Petition to request intervention
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Sec. 1. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) and subject to this chapter:
(2) a long term foster parent;
(1) a foster parent;
(3) a person who has been a foster parent; or
(4) an unlicensed kinship caregiver;
of a child may petition the court to request intervention as a party during any stage of a child in need of services proceeding under IC 31-34 or a termination of parent-child relationship proceeding under IC 31-35 concerning the child.
(b) Any person described in subsection (a) who has been:
(1) the subject of a substantiated report of child abuse or neglect; or
(2) convicted of a nonwaivable offense, as defined in IC 31-9-2-84.8;
may not petition the court to intervene under this chapter.
As added by P.L.210-2019, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.68-2022, SEC.3; P.L.46-2024, SEC.16.