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Ind. Code § 31-32-2.5-1: Ind. Code § 31-32-2.5-1

Civil

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This statute permits foster parents, long-term foster parents, and unlicensed kinship caregivers to petition to intervene as parties in child welfare and termination proceedings, except those with substantiated abuse/neglect reports or certain convictions.

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