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IC 31-34-1-8 — Missing child

Chapter 1. Circumstances Under Which a Child Is a Child in Need of Services

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Sec. 8. A child is a child in need of services if before the child becomes eighteen (18) years of age: (1) the child is a missing child (as defined in IC 10-13-5-4); 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.

As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.17. Amended by P.L.2-2003, SEC.73.

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