CHAPTER 4. DOMESTIC RELATIONS COUNSELING BUREAU FEE
IC 31-12-4
Chapter 4. Domestic Relations Counseling Bureau Fee
IC 31-12-4-1
Fees; domestic relations counseling services
Sec. 1. (a) Upon order of a judge or group of judges described in
IC 31-12-1, IC 31-12-1.5, or IC 31-12-2, and in accordance with this
chapter, a court that provides domestic relations counseling services
may charge a fee for these services.
(b) In addition to any other domestic relations counseling services
ordered by the court, a domestic relations counseling bureau may
provide the following domestic relations counseling services:
(1) Screening.
(2) Investigation.
(3) Reporting.
(4) Evaluation.
(5) Counseling.
(6) Mediation.
As added by P.L.80-2006, SEC.3.
IC 31-12-4-2
Domestic relations counseling bureau fund
Sec. 2. (a) If a judge or group of judges issues an order under
section 1 of this chapter to charge a domestic relations counseling
fee, the judge must also adopt by court rule a schedule of fees. The
schedule of fees is not effective until approved by the county fiscal
body in accordance with this chapter.
(b) Upon request of a judge or group of judges that issued an
order under section 1 of this chapter, the county fiscal body may
adopt an ordinance to create a county domestic relations counseling
bureau fund to fund the services of a domestic relations court and a
domestic relations counseling bureau.
(c) If the county fiscal body creates a domestic relations
counseling bureau fund, any fees collected by the domestic relations
counseling bureau shall be deposited in the fund.
(d) The fund shall be administered by the judge or group of judges
who are signatories to the order described in section 1 of this chapter.
(e) The expenses of administering the fund shall be paid from the
money in the fund.
(f) Any money in the fund at the end of a fiscal year does not
revert to the county general fund.
(g) The county fiscal body may appropriate money from the
domestic relations counseling bureau fund to support the domestic
relations counseling bureau. However, a county fiscal body may not
transfer funds that have been previously appropriated to the budget
of the domestic relations counseling bureau as a consequence of an
appropriation from the domestic relations counseling bureau fund.
As added by P.L.80-2006, SEC.3.
IC 31-12-4-3
Gifts and donations
Sec. 3. With the prior approval of the judge or group of judges
described in IC 31-12-1, IC 31-12-1.5, or IC 31-12-2, a domestic
relations counseling bureau may receive gifts and donations from a
private source to supplement the budget of the domestic relations
counseling bureau.
As added by P.L.80-2006, SEC.3.