§ 31-9-2-31 — "Custodian"

(a) "Custodian", for purposes of the juvenile
law, means a person with whom a child resides.
(b) "Custodian", for purposes of IC 31-34-1, includes any person
who is:
(1) a license applicant or licensee of:
(A) a foster home or residential child care facility that is
required to be licensed or is licensed under IC 31-27;
(B) a child care center that is required to be licensed or is
licensed under IC 12-17.2-4; or
(C) a child care home that is required to be licensed or is
licensed under IC 12-17.2-5;
(2) a person who is responsible for care, supervision, or welfare
of children while providing services as an owner, operator,
director, manager, supervisor, employee, or volunteer at:
(A) a home, center, or facility described in subdivision (1);
(B) a child care ministry, as defined in IC 12-7-2-28.8, that is
exempt from licensing requirements and is registered or
required to be registered under IC 12-17.2-6;
(C) a home, center, or facility of a child care provider, as
defined in IC 12-7-2-149.1(5);
(D) a home, center, or facility that is the location of a program
that provides child care, as defined in section 16.3 of this
chapter, to serve migrant children and that is exempt from
licensing under IC 12-17.2-2-8(6), whether or not the program
is certified as described in IC 12-17.2-2-9; or
(E) a school, as defined in section 113.5 of this chapter;
(3) a child caregiver, as defined in section 16.4 of this chapter;
(4) a member of the household of the child's noncustodial parent;
or
(5) an individual who has or intends to have direct contact, on a
regular and continuing basis, with a child for whom the individual
provides care and supervision.
[Pre-1997 Recodification Citations: subsection (a) formerly
31-6-1-6 part; 31-6-1-14; subsection (b) formerly
31-6-4-3(c).]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.146-2006, SEC.12; P.L.124-2007, SEC.9; P.L.162-2011, SEC.7; P.L.195-2018, SEC.20.