Indiana Code
Ind. Code § 31-37-7-3 (2026)
Detention of child leaving home without permission of parent, guardian, or custodian
✓ current as of May 2026
Sec. 3. A child alleged to be a delinquent child because of an act under IC 31-37-2-2 may be held in a juvenile detention facility for:
(1) not more than twenty-four (24) hours before; and
(2) not more than twenty-four (24) hours immediately after;
the initial court appearance, not including Saturdays, Sundays, and nonjudicial days.
[Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-6-4-6.5(c).]
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.20. Amended by P.L.58-2004, SEC.1.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 2001–2001 · leading case: WRS v. State, 759 N.E.2d 1121 (Ind. Ct. App. 2001).
WRS v. State, 759 N.E.2d 1121 (Ind. Ct. App. 2001). “Ind. Code § 31-37-7-3 . Even though Indiana Code § 31-37-6-6 applies the term "detention" to all children alleged to be delinquent, for most children whose acts would not be crimes if they were committed by adults, detention means custody in a non-secure shelter care facility,…”
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