Indiana § 31-12-4-2 - Domestic relations counseling bureau fund
Full text of Indiana Indiana Code § 31-12-4-2 — Domestic relations counseling bureau fund, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 31-12-4-2. Domestic relations counseling bureau fund
Sec. 2. (a) If a judge or group of judges issues an order under section 1 of this chapter to charge a domestic relations counseling fee, the judge must also adopt by court rule a schedule of fees. The schedule of fees is not effective until approved by the county fiscal body in accordance with this chapter.
(b) Upon request of a judge or group of judges that issued an order under section 1 of this chapter, the county fiscal body may adopt an ordinance to create a county domestic relations counseling bureau fund to fund the services of a domestic relations court and a domestic relations counseling bureau.
(c) If the county fiscal body creates a domestic relations counseling bureau fund, any fees collected by the domestic relations counseling bureau shall be deposited in the fund.
(d) The fund shall be administered by the judge or group of judges who are signatories to the order described in section 1 of this chapter.
(e) The expenses of administering the fund shall be paid from the money in the fund.
(f) Any money in the fund at the end of a fiscal year does not revert to the county general fund.
(g) The county fiscal body may appropriate money from the domestic relations counseling bureau fund to support the domestic relations counseling bureau. However, a county fiscal body may not transfer funds that have been previously appropriated to the budget of the domestic relations counseling bureau as a consequence of an appropriation from the domestic relations counseling bureau fund.
As added by P.L.80-2006, SEC.3.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 31-12-4-2 ("Domestic relations counseling bureau fund") is part of the Indiana Code, the codified statutory law of Indiana. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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