2019 Indiana Code
Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law
Article 34. Juvenile Law: Children in Need of Services
Chapter 1. Circumstances Under Which a Child Is a Child in Need of Services
31-34-1-10. Child born with fetal alcohol syndrome, neonatal abstinence syndrome, or drugs in the child's body
Sec. 10. Except as provided in sections 12 and 13 of this chapter, a child is a child in need of services if:
(1) the child is born with:
(A) fetal alcohol syndrome;
(B) neonatal abstinence syndrome; or
(C) any amount, including a trace amount, of a controlled substance, a legend drug, or a metabolite of a controlled substance or legend drug in the child's body, including the child's blood, urine, umbilical cord tissue, or meconium; and
(2) the child needs care, treatment, or rehabilitation that:
(A) the child is not receiving; or
(B) is unlikely to be provided or accepted without the coercive intervention of the court.
[Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-6-4-3.1(a) part.]
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.17. Amended by P.L.183-2017, SEC.40; P.L.249-2017, SEC.1; P.L.243-2017, SEC.9.
