Indiana § 16-33-4-13 Care, control, and training of children; responsibilities

Indiana Statutes

§ 16-33-4-13 — Care, control, and training of children; responsibilities

Indiana·Title 16 HEALTH·Art. 33 SPECIAL INSTITUTIONS·Ch. 4 Indiana Soldiers' and Sailors' Children's Home

(a)The superintendent is responsible for the care, control, and training of children admitted to and living in the home from the day a child is admitted to the home until the child is:

(1)eighteen (18) years of age; or

(2)discharged from the home.

(b)The superintendent shall make certain in the case of every child in the home that:

(1)there is a responsible parent;

(2)there is a responsible relative; or

(3)if a responsible parent or relative is not available, the child is a ward of the department of child services from which there is a representative; who is regularly and frequently concerned with the welfare of the child.

(c)If:

(1)the parent or parents have been deprived of the custody and control of a child by order of the court; and

(2)custody has been given by the court to t

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(a) The superintendent is responsible for the
care, control, and training of children admitted to and living in the
home from the day a child is admitted to the home until the child is:
(1) eighteen (18) years of age; or
(2) discharged from the home.
(b) The superintendent shall make certain in the case of every child
in the home that:
(1) there is a responsible parent;
(2) there is a responsible relative; or
(3) if a responsible parent or relative is not available, the child is
a ward of the department of child services from which there is a
representative;
who is regularly and frequently concerned with the welfare of the child.
(c) If:
(1) the parent or parents have been deprived of the custody and
control of a child by order of the court; and
(2) custody has been given by the court to the department of child
services;
the wardship shall be retained by the department of child services.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-6.5-5-11.]

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