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

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(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.]

As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.17. Amended by P.L.2-2005, SEC.80.