PER CURIAM
CASA asserts that an expedited appeal under App. Rule 14.1 is not an available course of action for DCS under the facts of this case. Specifically, CASA argues that App. Rule 14.1 “governs appellate review per Indiana Code sections 31-34-4-7″ and that “[a]ll other appeals concerning children alleged to be in need of services . . . are not covered by this rule.” Motion to Dismiss p. 1. CASA therefore asserts that because Indiana Code section 31-34-4-7 “applies only to services or programs provided to or on behalf of a child alleged to be a child in need of services at any time before entry of dispositional decree” and that the order being appealed was issued approximately one year after the Circuit Court’s Order on Initial Disposition, the “plain language of [Indiana Code section] 31-34-4-7 precludes [DCS] from initiating [this] expedited appeal . . . .” Id. pp. 1-2.
DCS counters that it is appealing the Circuit Court’s placement order under Indiana Code section 31-34-19-6.1, which contemplates appeals of court orders related to dispositional matters. DCS further asserts that because App. Rule 14.1 “permits an expedited appeal in cases involving non-concurrence between the trial court and [DCS] under [Indiana Code section] 31-34-19-6.1[,]” CASA’s Motion to Dismiss should be denied. Response to Motion to Dismiss p. 1.
Initially, we observe that App. Rule 14.1 is entitled, “Expedited Appeal for Payment of Placement and/or Services[,]” and section A reads, in pertinent part, as follows: “A. Applicability. This rule governs appellate review per Indiana Code sections 31-34-4-7(f), [and] 31-34-19.6.1(f) . . . .” Ind. Appellate R. 14.1(A). We further observe that Indiana Code chapter 31-34-23 provides for the modification of dispositional decrees. Section 4 of this statute states that when a hearing is required, as it was here, Indiana Code chapter 31-34-18 applies to the preparation of a modification report, see Ind. Code § 31-34-23-4. Indiana Code chapter 31-34-19 outlines the use of said modification reports during a predispositional hearing. We therefore determine that Indiana Code section 31-34-19-6.1, and the expedited appeal provided for therein, applies to and governs the process of modifying a dispositional decree where a trial court does not follow the recommendation of DCS.
Based on the foregoing, we conclude that DCS’s request that the Circuit Court modify its Order on Initial Disposition and return T.D.S. to Mother’s care and custody, coupled with the subsequent conduct of the parties, including the Circuit Court’s setting of a modification hearing within seven days of the review hearing and DCS’s submission of a supplemental report, transformed what may have originally begun as a periodic review hearing into a modification hearing on the Circuit Court’s Initial Order on Disposition. See Ind. Code § 31-34-23-1 (juvenile court may modify any dispositional order upon its own motion or upon the motion of DCS caseworker); see also Ind. Code § 31-34-19-6.1(c) (where juvenile court does not accept recommendations of DCS, dispositional hearing shall be continued for not more than seven business days and DCS shall consider court’s recommendation and submit to court a supplemental predispositional report). The Circuit Court’s placement order therefore constitutes a new dispositional decree and, as such, is eligible for expedited review under Indiana Appellate Rule 14.1. See Ind. Code § 31-34-20-1(3); see also Ind. Code § 31-34-19-6.1(f) (DCS may appeal juvenile court’s dispositional decree to allow any disputes arising under this section to be decided in an expeditious manner). CASA’s Motion to Dismiss is therefore unavailing.
Robb, Vaidik, JJ., Sharpnack, Sr.J.