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2020 Indiana Code
Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law
Article 34. Juvenile Law: Children in Need of Services
Chapter 2.5. Emergency Custody of Certain Abandoned Children
31-34-2.5-3. Treatment as Child Taken Into Custody Without Court Order
Universal Citation: IN Code § 31-34-2.5-3 (2020)
Sec. 3. A child for whom the department of child services assumes care, control, and custody under section 2 of this chapter shall be treated as a child taken into custody without a court order, except that efforts to locate the child's parents or reunify the child's family are not necessary, if the court makes a finding to that effect under IC 31-34-21-5.6(b)(5).
As added by P.L.133-2000, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.234-2005, SEC.170.
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