Indiana § 31-34-5-1.5 - Hearing after emergency medical services provider takes custody of a child; notification; petition alleging a child is a child in need of services
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§ 31-34-5-1.5. Hearing after emergency medical services provider takes custody of a child; notification; petition alleging a child is a child in need of services
Sec. 1.5. (a) This section applies to a child taken into custody under IC 31-34-2.5.
(b) The juvenile court shall hold a detention hearing after an emergency medical services provider takes custody of a child under IC 31-34-2.5. The court shall hold the detention hearing not later than forty-eight (48) hours after the emergency medical services provider takes the child into custody, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and any day on which a legal holiday is observed for state employees as provided under IC 1-1-9. A petition alleging that a child described in subsection (a) is a child in need of services shall be filed before the detention hearing is held for the child.
(c) The department may notify the emergency medical services provider that has taken emergency custody of a child under IC 31-34-2.5 of the detention hearing. The emergency medical services provider may be heard at the detention hearing.
(d) The department shall notify each foster parent or other caretaker with whom the child has been temporarily placed under IC 31-34-2.5 of the detention hearing. The court shall:
(1) provide a person who is required to be notified under this subsection an opportunity to be heard; and
(2) allow a person described in subdivision (1) to make recommendations to the court;
at the detention hearing.
As added by P.L.217-2001, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.145-2006, SEC.292; P.L.138-2007, SEC.69; P.L.131-2009, SEC.61.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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