Sec. 13. (a) "Child", for purposes of IC 31-15, IC 31-16 (excluding IC 31-16-12.5), and IC 31-17, means a child or children of both parties to the marriage. The term includes the following:
(1) Children born out of wedlock to the parties.
(2) Children born or adopted during the marriage of the parties.
(b) "Child", for purposes of the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act under IC 31-18.5, has the meaning set forth in IC 31-18.5-1-2.
(c) "Child", for purposes of IC 31-19-5, includes an unborn child.
(d) Except as otherwise provided in this section, "child", for purposes of the juvenile law and IC 31-27, means:
(1) a person who is less than eighteen (18) years of age;
(2) a person:
(A) who is eighteen (18), nineteen (19), or twenty (20) years of age; and
(B) who either:
(i) is charged with a delinquent act committed before the person's eighteenth birthday; or
(ii) has been adjudicated a child in need of services before the person's eighteenth birthday; or
(3) a person:
(A) who is alleged to have committed an act that would have been murder if committed by an adult;
(B) who was less than eighteen (18) years of age at the time of the alleged act; and
(C) who is less than twenty-one (21) years of age.
(e) "Child", for purposes of IC 31-36-3, means a person who is less than eighteen (18) years of age.
(f) "Child", for purposes of the Interstate Compact on Juveniles under IC 31-37-23-1, has the meaning set forth in IC 31-37-23-1.
(g) "Child", for purposes of IC 31-16-12.5, means an individual to whom child support is owed under:
(1) a child support order issued under IC 31-14-10 or IC 31-16-6; or
(2) any other child support order that is enforceable under IC 31-16-12.5.
(h) "Child", for purposes of IC 31-32-5, means an individual who is less than eighteen (18) years of age.
(i) "Child", for purposes of the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act under IC 31-21, has the meaning set forth in IC 31-21-2-3.
(j) "Child", for purposes of IC 31-35-2-4.5, means an individual who is:
(1) less than eighteen (18) years of age; and
(2) a delinquent child or a child in need of services.
[Pre-1997 Recodification Citations: subsection (a) formerly 31-1-11.5-2(c); subsection (b) formerly 31-1.5-1-1 part; 31-1.5-1-2 part; subsection (c) formerly 31-3-1.5-2; subsection (d) formerly 31-6-1-6 part; 31-6-1-9; subsection (e) formerly 31-6-10-1 part.]
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.27-2004, SEC.1; P.L.145-2006, SEC.177; P.L.120-2007, SEC.1; P.L.138-2007, SEC.7; P.L.133-2008, SEC.4; P.L.48-2012, SEC.10; P.L.206-2015, SEC.4; P.L.243-2019, SEC.2.
Structure Indiana Code
Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law
31-9-2-0.2. Application of Certain Amendments to Prior Law
31-9-2-0.5. "Abandoned Infant"
31-9-2-4. "Adoption Assistance State"
31-9-2-5.5. "Adoption Subsidy"
31-9-2-8.5. "Age or Developmentally Appropriate"
31-9-2-9.5. "Appropriate Public Authorities"
31-9-2-9.9. "At-Risk Child" or "At-Risk Children"
31-9-2-12.5. "Central Authority"
31-9-2-14. "Child Abuse or Neglect"
31-9-2-14.5. "Child at Imminent Risk of Placement"
31-9-2-15. "Child Born in Wedlock"
31-9-2-16. "Child Born Out of Wedlock"
31-9-2-16.4. "Child Caregiver"
31-9-2-16.5. "Child Care Provider"
31-9-2-16.7. "Child Caring Institution"
31-9-2-16.8. "Child Custody Determination"
31-9-2-16.9. "Child Custody Proceeding"
31-9-2-17. "Child in Need of Services"
31-9-2-17.5. "Child Placing Agency"
31-9-2-18. "Child Support Guidelines"
31-9-2-19. "Child Support Order"
31-9-2-19.3. "Child Welfare Agency"
31-9-2-19.5. "Child Welfare Services"
31-9-2-19.6. "Child Welfare Program"
31-9-2-20. "Child With a Disability"
31-9-2-20.3. "Child With Special Needs"
31-9-2-22.1. "Concurrent Planning"
31-9-2-22.5. "Conduct a Criminal History Check"
31-9-2-23.8. "Contact Preference Form"
31-9-2-24. "Controlled Substance"
31-9-2-24.3. "Convention Support Order"
31-9-2-24.5. "Costs of Secure Detention"
31-9-2-28. "Court Appointed Special Advocate"
31-9-2-29.5. "Crime Involving Domestic or Family Violence"
31-9-2-35.5. "De Facto Custodian"
31-9-2-38. "Delinquent Juvenile"
31-9-2-39. "Dependent Child" or "Neglected Child"
31-9-2-39.5. "Destitute Child"
31-9-2-39.8. "Diagnostic Assessment"
31-9-2-41. "Dissolution Decree"
31-9-2-42. "Domestic or Family Violence"
31-9-2-42.3. "Drug or Alcohol Screen Test"
31-9-2-43.2. "Early Intervention Advocate"
31-9-2-43.5. "Emergency Medical Services Provider"
31-9-2-44. "Executive Authority"
31-9-2-44.1. "Exigent Circumstances"
31-9-2-44.5. "Family or Household Member"
31-9-2-44.8. "Family Preservation Services"
31-9-2-45.9. "Final Agency Action"
31-9-2-46.1. "Foreign Central Authority"
31-9-2-46.2. "Foreign Country"
31-9-2-46.3. "Foreign Support Agreement"
31-9-2-46.4. "Foreign Support Order"
31-9-2-46.5. "Financial Institution"
31-9-2-46.6. "Foreign Tribunal"
31-9-2-46.9. "Foster Family Home"
31-9-2-48.3. "Grandparent Visitation"
31-9-2-50. "Guardian Ad Litem"
31-9-2-51. "Hard to Place Child" or "Hard to Place Children"
31-9-2-52. "Health Care Provider"
31-9-2-54. "Identifying Information"
31-9-2-54.5. "Incapacitated Person"
31-9-2-58. "Income Withholding Order"
31-9-2-59.5. "Initial Determination"
31-9-2-61. "Initiating Tribunal"
31-9-2-63. "Intended Biological Parent"
31-9-2-64. "Interested Person"
31-9-2-64.7. "Issuing Foreign Country"
31-9-2-67. "Joint Legal Custody"
31-9-2-71. "Juvenile Detention Facility"
31-9-2-71.5. "Juvenile Diversion"
31-9-2-72.7. "Kinship Care Navigator Program"
31-9-2-74. "Law Enforcement Agency"
31-9-2-76.5. "Long Term Foster Parent"
31-9-2-76.7. "Lifetime Sex or Violent Offender"
31-9-2-76.8. "Local Law Enforcement Authority"
31-9-2-77. "Maternal or Paternal Grandparent"
31-9-2-79. "Medical Information"
31-9-2-82. "Neglected Child" or "Dependent Child"
31-9-2-83. "Noncustodial Parent"
31-9-2-84. "Nonidentifying Information"
31-9-2-84.6. "Nonrelocating Individual"
31-9-2-84.7. "Nonrelocating Parent"
31-9-2-84.8. "Nonwaivable Offense"
31-9-2-86.5. "Office of Administrative Law Proceedings"
31-9-2-87.5. "Outside This State"
31-9-2-88.7. "Permanency Roundtable"
31-9-2-90. "Person Acting as Parent"
31-9-2-93. "Pre-Adoptive Sibling"
31-9-2-94. "Preliminary Inquiry"
31-9-2-95. "Premarital Agreement"
31-9-2-96. "Prior Family Law and Juvenile Law"
31-9-2-97. "Probation or Parole"
31-9-2-97.4. "Professional Health Care Provider"
31-9-2-99. "Prosecuting Attorney"
31-9-2-99.2. "Prospective Adoptive Parent"
31-9-2-100.5. "Qualified Medical Practitioner"
31-9-2-101. "Reason to Believe"
31-9-2-101.5. "Reasonable and Prudent Parent Standard"
31-9-2-103.7. "Regional Services Council"
31-9-2-105. "Registering Tribunal"
31-9-2-107.5. "Relocating Individual"
31-9-2-109.5. "Residential Placement Committee"
31-9-2-111. "Responding State"
31-9-2-112. "Responding Tribunal"
31-9-2-112.3. "Restorative Justice"
31-9-2-112.5. "Risk and Needs Assessment Tool"
31-9-2-112.8. "Risk Screening Tool"
31-9-2-113.7. "Secure Detention Facility"
31-9-2-115. "Secure Private Facility"
31-9-2-116.5. "Services or Items"
31-9-2-117. "Shelter Care Facility"
31-9-2-118. "Spousal Support Order"
31-9-2-120. "State Department"
31-9-2-123.5. "Successful Adulthood Services"
31-9-2-123.7. "Supervised Independent Living Arrangement"
31-9-2-124. "Support Enforcement Agency"
31-9-2-127. "Surrogate Agreement"
31-9-2-129.5. "Therapeutic Foster Family Home"
31-9-2-130. "Title Iv-D Agency"
31-9-2-130.2. "Title Iv-D Case"
31-9-2-130.3. "Transitional Services Plan"
31-9-2-131.3. "Ultimate Authority of the Department"
31-9-2-131.5. "United States Central Authority"
31-9-2-131.7. "Unlicensed Caregiver"
31-9-2-133. "Victim of Child Abuse or Neglect"
31-9-2-133.1. "Victim of Human or Sexual Trafficking"