Ind. Code § 31-34-1-5

Current through P.L. 171-2024

Section 31-34-1-5 - Parent, guardian, or custodian allowing child to commit sex offense

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

(1) the child's parent, guardian, or custodian allows the child to commit a sex offense prohibited by IC 35-45-4; 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.

IC 31-34-1-5

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.79.