Sec. 1. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) and subject to this chapter, an individual who is providing care and supervision of a child as: (1) a foster parent; (2) a long term foster parent; or (3) an unlicensed kinship caregiver; at the time the child is the subject of a child in need of services proceeding under IC 31-34 or a termination of parent-child relationship proceeding under IC 31-35 may intervene as a party during any stage of the proceeding if the individual files a petition to intervene with the court and the court makes the findings described in section 3 of this chapter. (b) Any person described in subsection (a) who has been: (1) the subject of a substantiated report of child abuse or neglect; or (2) convicted of a nonwaivable offense, as defined in IC 31-9-2-84.8 ; may not intervene under this chapter.
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