§ 31-25-2-1 “Department”
§ 31-25-2-2 Personnel
§ 31-25-2-2.5 No personal liability for official acts
§ 31-25-2-3 Department organization
§ 31-25-2-4 Family case manager caseload reports
§ 31-25-2-5 Caseload limitations
§ 31-25-2-6 Report requirements
§ 31-25-2-7 Department duties
§ 31-25-2-7.5 Remote child and family services
§ 31-25-2-8 Department as single state agency responsible for administering certain grants, funds, and programs; Title IV-E on behalf of Indian children
§ 31-25-2-8.5 Department of child services cost and rate reporting
§ 31-25-2-10 Department duties concerning staff
§ 31-25-2-11 Powers, responsibilities, and duties
§ 31-25-2-11.5 Director or director’s designee requirements
§ 31-25-2-12 Notice of existence of photographs, x-rays, and physical medical examination reports
§ 31-25-2-13 Access to photographs, x-rays, and physical medical examination reports
§ 31-25-2-14 Cooperation with public and private agencies
§ 31-25-2-15 Purchase of services of public or private agency
§ 31-25-2-16 Department of child services child care fund
§ 31-25-2-18 Rules
§ 31-25-2-19 Adoption fees
§ 31-25-2-20 Expired
§ 31-25-2-20.1 Gift, devise, or bequest of personal property; investment of money; child trust clearance account; commingling prohibited
§ 31-25-2-20.2 Receipt and administration of money to or for the benefit of persons receiving payments or services; child trust clearance account; commingling prohibited
§ 31-25-2-20.4 Citizen review panels; membership; appointment; duties; response to report; prohibited acts
§ 31-25-2-21 Transitional services plan; participation by child representatives
§ 31-25-2-22 Provide list to Indiana department of health; electronic means
§ 31-25-2-23 Permanency roundtable duties; residential placement committee
§ 31-25-2-24 Report concerning child fatalities
§ 31-25-2-25 Kinship care navigator program report
§ 31-25-2-26 Collaborative child and family assistance programs
§ 31-25-2-27 Department’s reimbursement rate; child services provider; COVID-19 federal stimulus funding

Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 31 > Article 25 > Chapter 2 - General Duties of the Department of Child Services

  • Allegation: something that someone says happened.
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Attorney: includes a counselor or other person authorized to appear and represent a party in an action or special proceeding. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Bequest: Property gifted by will.
  • department: refers to the department of child services established by IC 31-25-1-1. See Indiana Code 31-25-2-1
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • Donor: The person who makes a gift.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • 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.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • 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.
  • Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the commonwealths, possessions, states in free association with the United States, and the territories. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5