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Ind. Code § 31-34-2.5-3

Treatment of safe haven infant as child taken into custody without court order

As added by P.L.133-2000, SEC.3

Sec. 3. A safe haven infant for whom:

(1) the department of child services; or

(2) a licensed child placing agency;

assumes care, control, and custody under section 2 of this chapter shall be treated as a child taken into custody without a court order, except that efforts to locate the safe haven infant's parents or reunify the safe haven infant's family are not necessary, if the court makes a finding to that effect under IC 31-34-21-5.6(b)(5).

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