2018 Indiana Code
TITLE 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law
ARTICLE 34. JUVENILE LAW: CHILDREN IN NEED OF SERVICES
CHAPTER 12. Findings, Presumptions, and Evidence
31-34-12-4. Presumption that child is child in need of services

Universal Citation: IN Code § 31-34-12-4 (2018)
IC 31-34-12-4 Presumption that child is child in need of services

     Sec. 4. A rebuttable presumption is raised that the child is a child in need of services because of an act or omission of the child's parent, guardian, or custodian if the state introduces competent evidence of probative value that:

(1) the child has been injured;

(2) at the time the child was injured, the parent, guardian, or custodian:

(A) had the care, custody, or control of the child; or

(B) had legal responsibility for the care, custody, or control of the child;

(3) the injury would not ordinarily be sustained except for the act or omission of a parent, guardian, or custodian; and

(4) there is a reasonable probability that the injury was not accidental.

[Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-6-7-13(b).]

As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.17. Amended by P.L.48-2012, SEC.60.

 

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