Parties to juvenile law proceedings; rights of parties
Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case S.S. v. Indiana Department of Child Services (2011)
Most recently applied in In the Matter of Eq.W., M.W., A.W., S.W., and Ez.W. (Minor Children) V.B. (Mother) v. Indiana Department of Child Services (June 2019)
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.17
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Sec. 7. The:
(1) child;
(2) child's parents, guardian, or custodian;
(3) department; and
(4) guardian ad litem or court appointed special advocate;
are parties to the proceedings described in the juvenile law and have all rights of parties under the Indiana Rules of Trial Procedure, including rights of discovery, subpoena, examination of witnesses, and presentation of evidence at any hearing, including a fact finding hearing.
Official source: Indiana General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Indiana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.