Section 12-7-2-60 - "Destitute child"(a) "Destitute child", for purposes of the statutes listed in subsection (b), means an individual:(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: (B) continued absence from the home; or(C) physical or mental incapacity; and(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.(b) This section applies to the following statutes:Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 12-1-10-10(a).
As added by P.L. 2-1992, SEC.1. Amended by P.L. 145-2006, SEC.46.