Sec. 8. A child is a child in need of services if before the child becomes eighteen (18) years of age: (1) the child is a missing child (as defined in IC 10-13-5-4); 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.2-2003, SEC.73.
Missing child
Ind. Code § 31-34-1-8, under Circumstances Under Which a Child Is a Child in Need of Services.
Ind. Code § 31-34-1-8