Sec. 3. (a) A juvenile court may not place a child who is a delinquent child under IC 31-37-2 in a shelter care facility that is located outside the child's county of residence unless:
(1) placement of the child in a shelter care facility with adequate services located in the child's county of residence is unavailable; or
(2) the child's county of residence does not have an appropriate shelter care facility with adequate services.
(b) A juvenile court may not place a child in a home or facility that is not a secure detention facility and that is located outside Indiana unless:
(1) the placement is recommended or approved by the director of the department or the director's designee; or
(2) the court makes written findings based on clear and convincing evidence that:
(A) the out-of-state placement is appropriate because there is not an equivalent facility with adequate services located in Indiana;
(B) institutional care in the other jurisdiction is in the best interest of the child and will not produce undue hardship; or
(C) the location of the home or facility is within a distance not more than fifty (50) miles from the county of residence of the child.
[Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-6-4-15.4(c).]
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.20. Amended by P.L.146-2008, SEC.649; P.L.46-2016, SEC.18; P.L.183-2017, SEC.56.
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