Ind. Code § 31-34-1-6 : FAMILY LAW AND JUVENILE LAW — JUVENILE LAW: CHILDREN IN NEED OF SERVICES — CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER WHICH A CHILD IS A CHILD IN NEED OF SERVICES —34-1-6 - Child substantially endangering own or another's health

A child is a child in need of services if before the child becomes eighteen (18) years of age:

(1) the child substantially endangers the child's own health or the health of another individual; and

(2) the child needs care, treatment, or rehabilitation that:

(A) the child is not receiving; and

(B) is unlikely to be provided or accepted without the coercive intervention of the court.

IC 31-34-1-6

Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-6-4-3(a) part.

As added by P.L. 1-1997, SEC.17. Amended by P.L. 2-2005, SEC.80.