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Ind. Code § 31-37-2-1 — Delinquent child defined
Current through 2026 Regular Session
Part of Chapter 2: Delinquent Children Who Commit Certain Other Acts and Who Need Care, Treatment, or Rehabilitation, Indiana Code.
Full text of Ind. Code § 31-37-2-1
Statutory text current through the 2026 Regular Session. This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of Indiana.
Sec. 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.]
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