Ind. Code § 31-34-1-10

Child born with fetal alcohol syndrome, neonatal abstinence syndrome, or drugs in the child's body

Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case In Re CS (2007)

Most recently applied in In re the Matter of B v. Minor Child, and D v. Mother v. The Indiana Department of Child Services (September 2018)

As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.17

Sec. 10. Except as provided in sections 12 and 13 of this chapter, a child is a child in need of services if:

(1) the child is born with:

(A) fetal alcohol syndrome;

(B) neonatal abstinence syndrome; or

(C) any amount, including a trace amount, of a controlled substance, a legend drug, or a metabolite of a controlled substance or legend drug in the child's body, including the child's blood, urine, umbilical cord tissue, or meconium; and

(2) the child needs care, treatment, or rehabilitation that:

(A) the child is not receiving; or

(B) is unlikely to be provided or accepted without the coercive intervention of the court.

Official source: Indiana General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Indiana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.