Sec. 12. (a) If a person files a petition to establish or modify custody of a child, any person who: (1) is a party to the custody proceeding; and (2) has knowledge that: (A) a party to the custody proceeding has been determined to be a perpetrator of a substantiated report of child abuse or neglect; (B) the child named in the petition has been the subject of a substantiated report of child abuse or neglect; (C) the child named in the petition has been determined to be a child in need of services under IC 31-34 ; or (D) the child named in the petition has been involved in an informal adjustment under IC 31-34-8 ; shall submit to the court in writing under seal that a party to the custody proceeding is a person described in subdivision (2)(A) or the child named in the petition is a child described in subdivision (2)(B), (2)(C), or (2)(D). (b) A court reviewing a petition to establish or modify the custody of a child may request information from the department of child services regarding a petition or proceeding described in subsection (a)(2). The department shall provide a response under seal to the court's request for information not later than ten (10) days after the department receives the court's request for the information. IC 31-14-14 Chapter 14. Parenting Time Following Determination of Paternity 31-14-14-0.2 Application of certain amendments to prior law 31-14-14-1 Parenting time rights of noncustodial parent; in chambers interview of child; rebuttable presumption for supervised parenting time 31-14-14-2 Modification or denial of parenting time 31-14-14-2.5 Security, bond, or guarantee 31-14-14-3 Grant or denial of visitation rights to noncustodial parent; effect on visitation rights of grandparent 31-14-14-4 Missed parenting time; noncustodial parent in military 31-14-14-5 Supervised parenting time; conviction of crime involving domestic or family violence; batterer's intervention program 31-14-14-6 Submissions to the court; court requests for information
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