Sec. 7. (a) If a defendant or a child alleged to be a delinquent child is receiving publicly paid representation, the court shall consider:
(1) the person's independently held assets and assets available to the spouse of the person or the person's parent if the person is unemancipated;
(2) the person's income;
(3) the person's liabilities; and
(4) the extent of the burden that payment of costs assessed under section 6 of this chapter would impose on the person and the dependents of the person.
(b) If, after considering the factors described in subsection (a), the court determines that the person is able to pay the costs of representation, the court shall enter a finding that the person is able to pay those additional costs.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-9-11.5-7.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.19.
Structure Indiana Code
Title 33. Courts and Court Officers
Chapter 3. Supplemental Funding for Public Defender Services
33-40-3-1. Supplemental Public Defender Services Fund; Establishment
33-40-3-4. Reversion of Money in Fund
33-40-3-5. Multiple Court Appointed Legal Service Programs
33-40-3-6. Payment of Costs by Person or Parent of Delinquent Child; Maximum Costs
33-40-3-7. Determination of Ordering Payment of Costs
33-40-3-8. Order for Costs as a Civil Judgment; Relief From Payment
33-40-3-9. Collection and Deposit of Fees
33-40-3-10. Establishment of Fund in Counties Where Public Defender Services Not Provided