Section 470IAC1-4-2. Standing

   (a) In the event that the rights, duties, obligations, privileges, or other legal relations of any person or entity are required or authorized by law to be determined by the division of family and children or any county office of family and children, then such person or entity may request, as provided for in section 3 of this rule, an administrative hearing under this rule. The person or entity requesting the hearing shall be known as the appellant.

  (b) Unless otherwise provided for by law, only those persons or entities, or their respective attorneys at law, whose rights, duties, obligations, privileges, or other legal relations are alleged to have been adversely affected by any action or determination by the division of family and children or any county office of family and children, may request an administrative hearing under this rule. Any alleged harm to an appellant must be direct and immediate to the appealing parties and not indirect and general in character. (Division of Family Resources; 470 IAC 1-4-2; filed May 22, 1987, 12:45 p.m.: 10 IR 2278, eff Jul 1, 1987; filed Jun 19, 1996, 9:00 a.m.: 19 IR 3074; readopted filed Jul 12, 2001, 1:40 p.m.: 24 IR 4235; readopted filed Oct 24, 2007, 11:25 a.m.: 20071121-IR-470070448RFA; readopted filed Aug 23, 2013, 3:36 p.m.: 20130918-IR-470130306RFA)