Sec. 9. If:

(1) a child is the subject of a petition alleging that the child is a child in need of services; and

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Terms Used In Indiana Code 31-34-12-9

  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
(2) a parent of the child has been convicted of committing:

(A) aggravated battery (IC 35-42-2-1.5);

(B) strangulation (IC 35-42-2-9); or

(C) neglect of a dependent under IC 35-46-1-4(b)(2) or IC 35-46-1-4(b)(3);

against the child;

there is a rebuttable presumption that it is in the child’s best interests to prohibit the parent from having in person contact with the child until a dispositional decree is entered or the petition is dismissed.

As added by P.L.244-2023, SEC.10.