Sec. 1. A child is a delinquent child if, before becoming eighteen (18) years of age, the child commits a delinquent act described in this chapter.
Ind. Code § 31-37-1-1
Delinquent child defined
Applied in 13 court decisions — leading case In re G.B. (1999)
Most recently applied in D.C. v. State (October 2010)
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.20.
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