(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) and subject to this chapter:(1) a foster parent;(2) a long term foster parent;(3) a person who has been a foster parent; or(4) an unlicensed kinship caregiver;of a child may petition the court to request intervention as a party during any stage of a child in need of services proceeding under IC 31-34 or a termination of parent-child relationship proceeding under IC 31-35 concerning the child.(b) Any person described in subsection (a) who has been:(1) the subject of a substantiated report of child abuse or neglect; or(2) convicted of a nonwaivable offense, as defined in IC 31-9-2-84.8;may not petition the court to intervene under this chapter.As added by P.L.210-2019, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.68-2022, SEC.3; P.L.46-2024, SEC.16.
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