Ind. Code § 31-34-1-8
Missing child
Indiana · Indiana Code Title 31 — Family Law and Juvenile Law · Status: effective
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- Ind. Code § 31-34-1-8, Missing child, Indiana, version 1 as recorded 2026-09-28, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/1671015
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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.