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Terms Used In Indiana Code 31-37-20-1

  • juvenile: as used in this article means any person who is a minor under the law of the state of residence of the parent, guardian, person or agency entitled to the legal custody of such minor. See Indiana Code 31-37-23-1
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
   Sec. 1. At any time after the date of an original dispositional decree, the juvenile court may order the probation department to file a report on the progress made in implementing the decree. If, after reviewing the report, the juvenile court seeks to consider modification of the dispositional decree, the court shall proceed under IC 31-37-22.

[Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-6-4-19(a) part.]

As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.20. Amended by P.L.145-2006, SEC.348; P.L.146-2008, SEC.654.