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Indiana Code Title 12. Human Services § 12-7-2-58

Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

Sec. 58. (a) “Dependent child”, for purposes of the statutes listed in subsection (b), means a needy individual who satisfies either of the following conditions:

(1) The individual is less than sixteen (16) years of age.

(2) The individual is less than eighteen (18) years of age and the county office that has jurisdiction of the individual finds all of the following:

(A) The individual regularly attends school.

(B) The individual has been deprived of parental support or care because of a parent's:

(i) death;

(ii) continued absence from the home;  or

(iii) physical or mental incapacity.

(C) The individual's parent or other relative who is legally responsible for the child's support is not able to provide adequately for the individual without public assistance.

(D) The individual is living in the home of at least one (1) of the following relatives:

(i) The individual's parent.

(ii) The individual's sibling.

(iii) The individual's grandparent.

(iv) The individual's stepparent.

(v) The individual's stepbrother or stepsister.

(vi) The individual's aunt or uncle.

(b) This section applies to the following statutes:

(1) IC 12-13.

(2) IC 12-14.

(3) IC 12-15.

(4) IC 12-19.

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