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Ind. Code § 31-19-8-1

Period of supervision as prerequisite to adoption

As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.11

Sec. 1. An adoption may be granted in Indiana only after:

(1) the court has heard the evidence; and

(2) except as provided in section 2(c) of this chapter, a period of supervision, as described in section 2 of this chapter, by:

(A) a licensed child placing agency for a child who has not been adjudicated to be a child in need of services; or

(B) the department, if the child is the subject of an open child in need of services action.

Official source: Indiana General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Indiana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.