Ind. Code § 31-9-2-39.5

Current through P.L. 171-2024

Section 31-9-2-39.5 - "Destitute child"

"Destitute child", for purposes of this title, means an individual:

(1) who is needy;

(2) who is not a public ward;

(3) who is less than eighteen (18) years of age;

(4) who has been deprived of parental support or care because of a parent's:

(A) death;

(B) continued absence from the home; or

(C) physical or mental incapacity;

(5) whose relatives liable for the individual's support are not able to provide adequate care or support for the individual without public assistance; and

(6) who is in need of foster care, under circumstances that do not require the individual to be made a public ward.

IC 31-9-2-39.5

As added by P.L. 145-2006, SEC.188. Amended by P.L. 146-2008, SEC.543.