Supervised visitation at the Lake County Courts
In Lake County, custody and parenting time cases go to the Lake Circuit and Superior Courts, Domestic Relations (Circuit Court Domestic Relations).
How supervised visitation works here
- Indiana calls this area custody and parenting time. The Indiana Parenting Time Guidelines are the court's standard for parenting time schedules.
- Indiana law presumes supervised parenting time for at least one year and up to two years when a parent has been convicted of a domestic or family violence crime that the child saw or heard.
- The court may require that parent to finish a batterer's intervention program before unsupervised parenting time starts.
- The Guidelines include a model order with blanks for naming who supervises contact, and they say a law enforcement site for exchanges is an extreme measure used mainly when protective orders exist or there is repeated violence.
- In Lake County, the Domestic Relations Counseling Bureau monitors referrals for parenting time exchanges and custody evaluations.
Where family cases are heard
- Lake County Government Center, Circuit Court Domestic Relations (Courtroom B206): 2293 N. Main Street, Crown Point, IN 46307
- Domestic Relations Counseling Bureau: 2293 N. Main Street, Room B108, Crown Point, IN 46307
Free help without a lawyer
- Lake County Family Court Assistance 15 West 4th Avenue, Gary. Volunteer attorneys help with Indiana forms for custody and parenting time. Phone (219) 881-6157.
Court programs and resources
- Domestic Relations Counseling Bureau Runs mandatory co-parenting classes for divorcing parents and monitors referrals for mediation, parenting time exchanges, custody evaluations and counseling. Phone 219-755-3683.
Forms and local rules
- Indiana Self-Service Legal Center, Family Legal Resources Statewide court forms and a parenting time helpline staffed by licensed attorneys at 844-836-0003.
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