Indiana Code 33-24-6-4. Office of guardian ad litem and court appointed special advocate services; funding
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Sec. 4. (a) The office of judicial administration shall establish and administer an office of guardian ad litem and court appointed special advocate services. The office of judicial administration shall use money it receives from the state general fund to administer the office. If funds for guardian ad litem and court appointed special advocate programs are appropriated by the general assembly, the office of judicial administration shall provide matching funds to counties that implement and administer, in courts with juvenile jurisdiction, a guardian ad litem or court appointed special advocate program for children who are alleged to be victims of child abuse or neglect under IC 31-33. Matching funds must be distributed in accordance with the provisions of section 5 of this chapter. A county may use these matching funds to supplement amounts that are collected as fees under IC 31-40-3-1 and used for the operation of guardian ad litem and court appointed special advocate programs. The office of judicial administration may use its administrative fund to provide training services and communication services for local officials and local guardian ad litem and court appointed special advocate programs. The county fiscal body shall appropriate adequate funds for the county to be eligible for matching funds under this section.
(c) Any matching funds appropriated to the office of judicial administration that are not used before July 1 of each fiscal year do not revert but shall be redistributed under this section on July 1. The office of judicial administration shall redistribute the funds among counties providing guardian ad litem and court appointed special advocate programs that are entitled to receive matching funds.
(b) Matching funds provided to a county under this section shall be used for guardian ad litem and court appointed special advocate programs and may be deposited in the county’s guardian ad litem or court appointed special advocate fund described in IC 31-40-3.
Terms Used In Indiana Code 33-24-6-4
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
- 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.
- Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
(d) Money appropriated to the office of judicial administration does not revert at the end of a state fiscal year to the state general fund.
(e) Only guardian ad litem or court appointed special advocate programs certified by the supreme court are eligible for funding under this section.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-2.1-7-3.1.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.129-2005, SEC.11; P.L.161-2018, SEC.61.