§ 31-37-2-1

A child is a delinquent child if, before becoming eighteen (18) years of age, the child:(1) commits a delinquent act described in this chapter; and(2) needs care, treatment, or rehabilitation that:(A) the child is not receiving;(B) the child is unlikely to accept voluntarily; and(C) is unlikely to be provided or accepted without the coercive intervention of the court.[Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-6-4-1(b) part.]As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.20.