Indiana § 33-23-6-3 - Plan; judicial approval

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§ 33-23-6-3. Plan; judicial approval

Sec. 3. (a) A county desiring to participate in the program under this chapter must:

(1) develop a plan to carry out the purposes of section 2 of this chapter that is approved by a majority of the judges in the county exercising jurisdiction over domestic relations and paternity cases; and

(2) submit the plan to the judicial conference of Indiana.

(b) The plan under subsection (a) must include:

(1) information concerning how the county proposes to carry out the purposes of the domestic relations alternative dispute resolution fund as set out in section 2 of this chapter; and

(2) a method of ensuring that the money in the alternative dispute resolution fund is disbursed in a manner that primarily benefits those litigants who have the least ability to pay.

The plan may include the use of senior judges as mediators in domestic relations cases as assigned by the supreme court. The judicial conference of Indiana may request additional information from the county as necessary.

[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-4-13-3.]

As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.2.

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