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Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Ind. Decisions - "Child support order was error"
The Court of Appeals decision yesterday in the case of M.W. v. State of Indiana (see ILB summary here, 4th case) is the subject of a brief AP story today:
The Indiana Court of Appeals has reversed a judge who ordered a state agency to pay child support for a 15-year-old girl placed in detention.The court ruled Monday that Hendricks Circuit Judge Jeffrey Boles had erred based on its interpretation of state law.
The girl's caseworker had asked Boles to temporarily place the girl in a Muncie detention center after she was arrested for possessing a stolen car. Boles agreed, and ordered the Department of Child Services to pay for her detention and weekly child support.
The appeals court ruled that DCS can be charged for detention only when there is a written agreement with local probation officials, and none was in place. It also says requiring DCS to pay child support would impose an undue burden on the agency.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on September 29, 2009 09:01 AM
Posted to Ind. App.Ct. Decisions