Sec. 10. (a) The court shall send notice of the petition at the time of filing to the department of child services in the county in which the petition is filed.

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     (b) If the department of child services:

(1) receives a notice under subsection (a); and

(2) determines that the child who is the subject of the petition for termination of the parent-child relationship is the subject of a child in need of services petition in another court;

the department of child services shall notify the court in which the petition for termination of the parent-child relationship is pending of the pending child in need of services petition.

As added by P.L.64-2016, SEC.3.