Sec. 4. (a) A domestic relations counseling bureau shall provide counseling service to the parties in separation, dissolution, or annulment actions, including enforcement, modification, and post-decree proceedings that are: (1) filed in a court; and (2) referred to the bureau by a judge with the intent to assist in a reconciliation of the parties, in the care and treatment of children, if any, and in the possible solution of any marriage problems or issues in a proceeding, in promotion of the general welfare. (b) The bureau may receive cases referred to the bureau by attorneys at law, the ministry, or other agencies before a divorce action is filed, and counsel other married couples who seek the bureau's services of their own volition. [Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-1-24-3.]
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