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Indiana Code Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law § 31-34-12-4

Current as of January 01, 2026 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

Sec. 4. A rebuttable presumption is raised that the child is a child in need of services because of an act or omission of the child's parent, guardian, or custodian if the state introduces competent evidence of probative value that:

(1) the child has been injured;

(2) at the time the child was injured, the parent, guardian, or custodian:

(A) had the care, custody, or control of the child;  or

(B) had legal responsibility for the care, custody, or control of the child;

(3) the injury would not ordinarily be sustained except for the act or omission of a parent, guardian, or custodian;  and

(4) there is a reasonable probability that the injury was not accidental.

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