Indiana Code

Ind. Code § 31-35-2-3 (2026)

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Sec. 3. The probate court has concurrent original jurisdiction with the juvenile court in proceedings on a petition to terminate the parent-child relationship involving a delinquent child or a child in need of services under this chapter.

[Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-6-5-4(b) part.]

As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.18.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 8 cases, 1999–2014 · leading case: In Re Infant Girl W., 845 N.E.2d 229 (Ind. Ct. App. 2006).

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In Re Infant Girl W., 845 N.E.2d 229 (Ind. Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 4× “I.C. § 31-35-2-3. Adoption establishes a family unit, "`sever[ing] the child entirely from its own family tree and engraft[ing] it upon that of another.”

In Re the Adoption of H.N.P.G., 878 N.E.2d 900 (Ind. Ct. App. 2008). · cites it 2× “Ind.Code § 31-35-2-3 (1998). CHINS, termination of parental rights, and adoption proceedings often involve the same parties.”

Young v. Elkhart Cnty. Off. of Fam. & Child., 704 N.E.2d 1065 (Ind. Ct. App. 1999). · cites it 2× “See Ind.Code § 31-35-2-3. Young asserts on several occasions in his brief that there is no order in the record declaring A.”

In Re Adoption of JDB, 867 N.E.2d 252 (Ind. Ct. App. 2007). · cites it 2× “Ind.Code § 31-35-2-3. Often CHINS, TPR, and adoption proceedings involve the same parties.”

In Re Adoption of Hlw, Jr., 931 N.E.2d 400 (Ind. Ct. App. 2010). · cites it 2× “NOTES [1] Indiana Code Section 31-35-2-3 provides that a "probate court has concurrent original jurisdiction with the juvenile court in proceedings on a petition to terminate the parent-child relationship involving .”

Lucas v. C.F.K., 867 N.E.2d 252 (Ind. Ct. App. 2007). · cites it 2× “Ind.Code § 31-35-2-3. Often CHINS, TPR, and adoption proceedings involve the same parties.”

H.L.W. v. L.M.D., 931 N.E.2d 400 (Ind. Ct. App. 2010). · cites it 2× “Indiana Code Section 31-35-2-3 provides that a "probate court has concurrent original jurisdiction with the juvenile court in proceedings on a petition to terminate the parent-child relationship involving .”

In the Matter of the Termination of the Parent-Child Relationship of: P.L. & D.L. (Minor Child.) & C.L. (Mother) & H.L. (Father) v. Indiana Dep't of Child Servs. (Ind. Ct. App. 2014). · cites it 2× “Regarding the filing of a petition to terminate parental rights specifically, Indiana Code Section 31-35-2-3 provides that the “probate court has concurrent original jurisdiction with the juvenile court in proceedings on a petition to terminate the parent-child relationship”…”

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