Child substantially endangering own or another's health
Sec. 6. A child is a child in need of services if before the child
becomes eighteen (18) years of age:
(1) the child substantially endangers the child's own health or
the health of another individual; 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.
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.17. Amended by P.L.2-2005, SEC.80.
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