Informal Adjustment
IC 31-37-9-1
Sec. 1. After the preliminary inquiry and upon approval by the juvenile court,
the intake officer may implement a program of informal adjustment if the
officer has probable cause to believe that the child is a delinquent child.
IC 31-37-9-2
Sec. 2. The child and the child's parent, guardian, custodian, or attorney must
consent to the program of informal adjustment.
IC 31-37-9-3
Sec. 3. If:
(1) the child is an alleged
delinquent child; and
(2) the child's parent,
guardian, or custodian fails to participate in the program of informal
adjustment; the probation department or
the county office of family and children may file a petition for compliance.
IC 31-37-9-4
Sec. 4. (a) Upon the filing of a petition for compliance and after notice and a
hearing on the petition for
compliance, the juvenile court may order the parent, guardian, or
custodian of a child to participate in a program of informal adjustment approved
by the court under section 1 of this chapter.
(b) A parent, guardian, or custodian who fails to participate in a program of
informal adjustment ordered by the court may be found in contempt of court.
IC 31-37-9-7
Sec. 7. A program of informal adjustment may not e
IC 31-37-9-9
Sec. 9. The juvenile court may order each child who participates in a program
of informal adjustment or the child's parents to pay an informal adjustment
program fee of:
(1) at least five dollars ($5);
but
(2) not more than fifteen
dollars ($15);
for each month that the child participates in the program instead of the court
cost fees prescribed by IC 33-19-5-3.
IC 31-37-9-10
Sec. 10. (a) The probation department for the juvenile court shall do the
following:
(1) Collect the informal adjustment
program fee set under section 9 of this chapter; and
(2) Transfer the collected informal
adjustment program fees to the county auditor not later than thirty (30) days
after the fees are collected.
(b)
The county auditor shall deposit the fees in the county user fee fund
established by IC 33-19-8-5.
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