§ 31-34-1-3 — Victim of specified offense; living in household with a child victim of a specified offense or an adult who committed or is charged with a specified offense

Indiana § 31-34-1-3

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 34: JUVENILE LAW: CHILDREN IN NEED OF
• Ch. 1: Circumstances Under Which a Child Is a Child in Need

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(a) A child is a child in need of services if,
before the child becomes eighteen (18) years of age:
(1) the child is the victim of an offense under:
(A) IC 35-42-4-1;
(B) IC 35-42-4-2 (before its repeal);
(C) IC 35-42-4-3;
(D) IC 35-42-4-4;
(E) IC 35-42-4-5;
(F) IC 35-42-4-6;
(G) IC 35-42-4-7;
(H) IC 35-42-4-8;
(I) IC 35-42-4-9;
(J) IC 35-45-4-1;
(K) IC 35-45-4-2;
(L) IC 35-45-4-3;
(M) IC 35-45-4-4; or
(N) IC 35-46-1-3; 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.
(b) A child is a child in need of services if, before the child becomes
eighteen (18) years of age, the child:
(1) lives in the same household as an adult who:
(A) committed an offense described in subsection (a)(1) against
a child and the offense resulted in a conviction or a judgment
under IC 31-34-11-2; or
(B) has been charged with an offense described in subsection
(a)(1) against a child and is awaiting trial; and
(2) 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.
(c) A child is a child in need of services if, before the child becomes
eighteen (18) years of age:
(1) the child lives in the same household as another child who is
the victim of an offense described in subsection (a)(1);
(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; and
(3) a caseworker assigned to provide services to the child:
(A) places the child in a program of informal adjustment or
other family or rehabilitative services based on the existence of
the circumstances described in subdivisions (1) and (2), and the
caseworker subsequently determines further intervention is
necessary; or
(B) determines that a program of informal adjustment or other
family or rehabilitative services is inappropriate.
(d) A child is a child in need of services if, before the child becomes
eighteen (18) years of age:
(1) the child lives in the same household as an adult who:
(A) committed a human or sexual trafficking offense under IC 35-42-3.5-1 through IC 35-42-3.5-1.4 or the law of another
jurisdiction, including federal law, that resulted in a conviction
or a judgment under IC 31-34-11-2; or
(B) has been charged with a human or sexual trafficking
offense under IC 35-42-3.5-1 through IC 35-42-3.5-1.4 or the
law of another jurisdiction, including federal law, and is
awaiting trial; 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.
[Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-6-4-3(a) part.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.17. Amended by P.L.18-2004, SEC.1; P.L.158-2013, SEC.319; P.L.214-2013, SEC.26; P.L.168-2014, SEC.43; P.L.16-2016, SEC.1; P.L.46-2016, SEC.7; P.L.183-2017, SEC.39; P.L.144-2018, SEC.6; P.L.142-2020, SEC.41.