Section 31-34-1-1 - Inability, refusal, or neglect of parent, guardian, or custodian to supply child with necessary food, clothing, shelter, medical care, education, or supervision A child is a child in need of services if before the child becomes eighteen (18) years of age:
(1) the child's physical or mental condition is seriously impaired or seriously endangered as a result of the inability, refusal, or neglect of the child's parent, guardian, or custodian to supply the child with necessary food, clothing, shelter, medical care, education, or supervision:(A) when the parent, guardian, or custodian is financially able to do so; or(B) due to the failure, refusal, or inability of the parent, guardian, or custodian to seek financial or other reasonable means to do so; 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.Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-6-4-3(a) part.
Amended by P.L. 198-2019,SEC. 8, eff. 7/1/2019.As added by P.L. 1-1997, SEC.17. Amended by P.L. 2-2005, SEC.76.