Ind. Code § 31-17-2-21.1
Delegation of parenting time during deployment; automatically terminates upon return
Indiana · Indiana Code Title 31 — Family Law and Juvenile Law · Status: effective
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Sec. 21.1.
(a) Upon a motion of a parent who has received military deployment orders, the court may delegate the parent's parenting time, or a part of the parent's parenting time, during the time the parent is deployed to a person who has a close and substantial relationship with the parent's child if the court finds that delegating the parent's parenting time is in the best interests of the child.
(b) If a court delegates parenting time under subsection (a), the order delegating parenting time automatically terminates after the parent returns from deployment.
(c) A court may terminate an order delegating parenting time if the court determines that the delegated parenting time is no longer in the best interests of the child.