Ind. Code § 31-19-8-1
Period of supervision as prerequisite to adoption
Indiana · Indiana Code Title 31 — Family Law and Juvenile Law · Status: effective
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- Ind. Code § 31-19-8-1, Period of supervision as prerequisite to adoption, Indiana, version 1 as recorded 2026-09-28, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/1669912
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Sec. 1. An adoption may be granted in Indiana only after:
(1) the court has heard the evidence; and
(2) except as provided in section 2(c) of this chapter, a period of supervision, as described in section 2 of this chapter, by:
(A) a licensed child placing agency for a child who has not been adjudicated to be a child in need of services; or
(B) the department, if the child is the subject of an open child in need of services action.