Act or omission of parent, guardian, or custodian seriously
endangering child's physical or mental health
Sec. 2. (a) A child is a child in need of services if before the child
becomes eighteen (18) years of age:
(1) the child's physical or mental health is seriously endangered
due to injury by the act or omission of the child's parent,
guardian, or custodian; 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) Evidence that the illegal manufacture of a drug or controlled
substance is occurring on property where a child resides creates a
rebuttable presumption that the child's physical or mental health is
seriously endangered.
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.17. Amended by P.L.17-2001, SEC.8;
P.L.2-2005, SEC.77.
Last modified: May 24, 2006