Sec. 13. (a) The superintendent is responsible for the care, control, and training of children admitted to and living in the home from the day a child is admitted to the home until the child is: (1) eighteen (18) years of age; or (2) discharged from the home. (b) The superintendent shall make certain in the case of every child in the home that: (1) there is a responsible parent; (2) there is a responsible relative; or (3) if a responsible parent or relative is not available, the child is a ward of the department of child services from which there is a representative; who is regularly and frequently concerned with the welfare of the child. (c) If: (1) the parent or parents have been deprived of the custody and control of a child by order of the court; and (2) custody has been given by the court to the department of child services; the wardship shall be retained by the department of child services. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-6.5-5-11.]
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