Sec. 3. After receiving notification under section 2 of this chapter (or IC 31-6-2-3(b) before its repeal), a juvenile court may within thirty (30) days after notification, on the court's own motion, reinstate jurisdiction over the child for the purpose of modifying under IC 31-34-23 or IC 31-37-22 the court's original dispositional decree.
Ind. Code § 31-30-2-3
Sua sponte reinstatement of court's jurisdiction; modification of decree
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case In re G.B. (1999)
Most recently applied in Paul Henry Gingerich v. State of Indiana (December 2012)
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.13.
Official source: Indiana General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Indiana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.