A child is a child in need of services if before the child becomes eighteen (18) years of age:(1) the child's parent, guardian, or custodian allows the child to commit a sex offense prohibited by IC 35-45-4; 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.[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.79.
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