For purposes of this subchapter the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates of requires a different meaning.
BOARD. The Tippecanoe County Public Defender Board created by this subchapter.
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. The services of an attorney provided to a defendant/respondent in a matter originating in a state court in Tippecanoe County involving:
(1) A person charged with a crime as defined in state law;
(2) An act of delinquency as defined in I.C. 31-37-1-2;
(3) A violation of a condition of probation established as part of a sentence in a juvenile or criminal matter;
(4) Detention of a person subject to extradition to another jurisdiction;
(5) Proceedings to collect unpaid child support pursuant to I.C. 31-16-17-12;
(6) Civil commitment and contempt proceedings; or
(7) Other proceedings where the right to counsel at public expense has been established by law.
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. 2003-45-CM, passed 11-13-03)