Indiana Code 31-35-2-6. Request for hearing; timing of hearing; dismissal of petition
Current as of: 2024 | Check for updates
|
Other versions
Sec. 6. (a) Except when a hearing is required after June 30, 1999, under section 4.5 of this chapter, the person filing the petition shall request the court to set the petition for a hearing. Whenever a hearing is requested under this chapter, the court shall:
(2) complete a hearing on the petition not more than one hundred eighty (180) days after a petition is filed under this chapter.
(1) commence a hearing on the petition not more than ninety (90) days after a petition is filed under this chapter; and
(b) If a hearing is not held within the time set forth in subsection (a):
(1) upon filing of a motion with the court by a party; and
(2) absent good cause shown for the failure to hold the hearing within the time set forth in subsection (a);
the court shall dismiss the petition to terminate the parent-child relationship without prejudice.
[Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-6-5-4(b) part.]
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.18. Amended by P.L.35-1998, SEC.21; P.L.146-2006, SEC.54; P.L.48-2012, SEC.68; P.L.244-2023, SEC.11.