Sec. 5. A child is a child in need of services if before the child becomes eighteen (18) years of age: (1) the child's parent, guardian, or custodian allows the child to commit a sex offense prohibited by IC 35-45-4 ; and (2) the child needs care, treatment, or rehabilitation that: (A) the child is not receiving; and (B) is unlikely to be provided or accepted without the coercive intervention of the court. [Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-6-4-3(a) part.]
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