For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
BOARD. The County Public Defender Board created by this section.
INDIGENT DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT. A person who requests legal representation and is determined by the Court to be entitled to legal representation at public expense.
LEGAL REPRESENTATION.
(1) The services of an attorney provided to a defendant/respondent in a matter originating in a state court in Cass County involving:
(a) A person charged with a crime as defined in I.C. 35-414-6;
(b) An act of delinquency as defined in I.C. 31-37-1-2;
(c) A violation of a condition of probation established as a part of a sentence in a juvenile or criminal matter;
(d) Detention of a person subject to extradition to another jurisdiction;
(e) Proceedings to collect unpaid child support pursuant to I.C. 31-16-17-12;
(f) Civil commitment and contempt proceedings; or
(g) Other proceedings where the right to counsel at public expense has been established by law.
(2) LEGAL REPRESENTATION includes services in connection with all pre-trial, trial and appellate proceedings in which an indigent defendant/respondent has a right to counsel.
(Ord. 2013-12, passed - -; Ord. 2021-09, passed 11-1-2021)