Indiana Code
Chapter 2. Definitions
31-9-2-13. "Child"

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

Indiana Code

Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law

Article 9. Definitions

Chapter 2. Definitions

31-9-2-0.2. Application of Certain Amendments to Prior Law

31-9-2-0.3. "Abandoned"

31-9-2-0.4. "Abandoned Child"

31-9-2-0.5. "Abandoned Infant"

31-9-2-0.7. "Account"

31-9-2-0.8. "Active Duty"

31-9-2-0.9. "Act of Rape"

31-9-2-1. "Actual Notice"

31-9-2-2. "Adoptee"

31-9-2-3. "Adoption"

31-9-2-4. "Adoption Assistance State"

31-9-2-5. "Adoption History"

31-9-2-5.5. "Adoption Subsidy"

31-9-2-6. "Adoptive Parent"

31-9-2-7. "Adult"

31-9-2-8. "Advisory Board"

31-9-2-8.5. "Age or Developmentally Appropriate"

31-9-2-9. "Alleged Father"

31-9-2-9.3. "Applicant"

31-9-2-9.4. "Application"

31-9-2-9.5. "Appropriate Public Authorities"

31-9-2-9.6. "Assessment"

31-9-2-9.7. "Assistance"

31-9-2-9.9. "At-Risk Child" or "At-Risk Children"

31-9-2-10. "Birth Parent"

31-9-2-10.3. "Blind"

31-9-2-10.6. "Board"

31-9-2-10.8. "Bureau"

31-9-2-10.9. Repealed

31-9-2-11. "Caseworker"

31-9-2-11.1. "Case"

31-9-2-12. "Center"

31-9-2-12.5. "Central Authority"

31-9-2-13. "Child"

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"

31-9-2-16.3. "Child Care"

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"

31-9-2-17.8. "Child Services"

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"

31-9-2-20.5. "Commencement"

31-9-2-21. Repealed

31-9-2-22. "Compact"

31-9-2-22.1. "Concurrent Planning"

31-9-2-22.5. "Conduct a Criminal History Check"

31-9-2-23. Repealed

31-9-2-23.7. "Contact"

31-9-2-23.8. "Contact Preference Form"

31-9-2-24. "Controlled Substance"

31-9-2-24.2. "Convention"

31-9-2-24.3. "Convention Support Order"

31-9-2-24.5. "Costs of Secure Detention"

31-9-2-25. "Council"

31-9-2-26. Repealed

31-9-2-27. "Court"

31-9-2-28. "Court Appointed Special Advocate"

31-9-2-29. "Crime"

31-9-2-29.5. "Crime Involving Domestic or Family Violence"

31-9-2-29.7. Repealed

31-9-2-30. "Custodial Parent"

31-9-2-31. "Custodian"

31-9-2-32. Repealed

31-9-2-33. Repealed

31-9-2-34. Repealed

31-9-2-35. Repealed

31-9-2-35.5. "De Facto Custodian"

31-9-2-36. "Delinquent"

31-9-2-37. "Delinquent Child"

31-9-2-38. "Delinquent Juvenile"

31-9-2-38.5. "Department"

31-9-2-39. "Dependent Child" or "Neglected Child"

31-9-2-39.5. "Destitute Child"

31-9-2-39.7. "Detention Tool"

31-9-2-39.8. "Diagnostic Assessment"

31-9-2-40. "Director"

31-9-2-40.5. "Direct Request"

31-9-2-41. "Dissolution Decree"

31-9-2-41.2. Repealed

31-9-2-42. "Domestic or Family Violence"

31-9-2-42.3. "Drug or Alcohol Screen Test"

31-9-2-43. "Duty of Support"

31-9-2-43.2. "Early Intervention Advocate"

31-9-2-43.3. Repealed

31-9-2-43.5. "Emergency Medical Services Provider"

31-9-2-43.8. "Evaluator"

31-9-2-44. "Executive Authority"

31-9-2-44.1. "Exigent Circumstances"

31-9-2-44.3. Repealed

31-9-2-44.5. "Family or Household Member"

31-9-2-44.8. "Family Preservation Services"

31-9-2-45. "Family Services"

31-9-2-45.9. "Final Agency Action"

31-9-2-46. "Final Separation"

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"

31-9-2-46.7. "Foster Care"

31-9-2-46.9. "Foster Family Home"

31-9-2-47. "Foster Parent"

31-9-2-47.6. "Fund"

31-9-2-48. "Governor"

31-9-2-48.3. "Grandparent Visitation"

31-9-2-48.5. "Group Home"

31-9-2-49. "Guardian"

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"

31-9-2-53. "Home State"

31-9-2-54. "Identifying Information"

31-9-2-54.5. "Incapacitated Person"

31-9-2-54.7. "Incarceration"

31-9-2-55. "Includes"

31-9-2-56. "Income"

31-9-2-57. "Income Payor"

31-9-2-58. "Income Withholding Order"

31-9-2-58.3. "Index"

31-9-2-58.5. Repealed

31-9-2-59. Repealed

31-9-2-59.5. "Initial Determination"

31-9-2-60. Repealed

31-9-2-61. "Initiating Tribunal"

31-9-2-62. "Intake Officer"

31-9-2-63. "Intended Biological Parent"

31-9-2-64. "Interested Person"

31-9-2-64.5. "Issuing Court"

31-9-2-64.7. "Issuing Foreign Country"

31-9-2-65. "Issuing State"

31-9-2-66. "Issuing Tribunal"

31-9-2-67. "Joint Legal Custody"

31-9-2-68. "Judge"

31-9-2-69. "Juvenile"

31-9-2-70. "Juvenile Court"

31-9-2-71. "Juvenile Detention Facility"

31-9-2-71.5. "Juvenile Diversion"

31-9-2-72. "Juvenile Law"

31-9-2-72.5. Repealed

31-9-2-72.6. Repealed

31-9-2-72.7. "Kinship Care Navigator Program"

31-9-2-73. "Law"

31-9-2-74. "Law Enforcement Agency"

31-9-2-75. "Legal Settlement"

31-9-2-76. "Legend Drug"

31-9-2-76.3. "Licensee"

31-9-2-76.4. Repealed

31-9-2-76.5. "Long Term Foster Parent"

31-9-2-76.6. "Local Office"

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"

31-9-2-78. "Medical History"

31-9-2-79. "Medical Information"

31-9-2-80. Repealed

31-9-2-80.5. Repealed

31-9-2-80.8. "Modification"

31-9-2-81. Repealed

31-9-2-81.5. "Monitor"

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"

31-9-2-85. "Obligee"

31-9-2-86. "Obligor"

31-9-2-86.5. "Office of Administrative Law Proceedings"

31-9-2-87. "Omission"

31-9-2-87.5. "Outside This State"

31-9-2-88. "Parent"

31-9-2-88.5. "Parenting Time"

31-9-2-88.7. "Permanency Roundtable"

31-9-2-89. "Person"

31-9-2-90. "Person Acting as Parent"

31-9-2-91. "Petitioner"

31-9-2-92. "Physical Custody"

31-9-2-92.5. "Plan"

31-9-2-93. "Pre-Adoptive Sibling"

31-9-2-94. "Preliminary Inquiry"

31-9-2-95. "Premarital Agreement"

31-9-2-95.5. Repealed

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"

31-9-2-97.6. "Project"

31-9-2-98. "Property"

31-9-2-99. "Prosecuting Attorney"

31-9-2-99.2. "Prospective Adoptive Parent"

31-9-2-99.3. "Provider"

31-9-2-99.7. "Public Welfare"

31-9-2-100. "Putative Father"

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"

31-9-2-102. "Receiving State"

31-9-2-102.5. "Recipient"

31-9-2-102.7. "Record"

31-9-2-103. Repealed

31-9-2-103.6. "Region"

31-9-2-103.7. "Regional Services Council"

31-9-2-104. "Register"

31-9-2-105. "Registering Tribunal"

31-9-2-106. "Registry"

31-9-2-106.5. Repealed

31-9-2-107. "Relative"

31-9-2-107.5. "Relocating Individual"

31-9-2-107.7. "Relocation"

31-9-2-108. "Residence"

31-9-2-109. "Residence State"

31-9-2-109.5. "Residential Placement Committee"

31-9-2-110. "Respondent"

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. Repealed

31-9-2-113.5. "School"

31-9-2-113.7. "Secure Detention Facility"

31-9-2-114. "Secure Facility"

31-9-2-115. "Secure Private Facility"

31-9-2-116. "Sending State"

31-9-2-116.4. "Services"

31-9-2-116.5. "Services or Items"

31-9-2-117. "Shelter Care Facility"

31-9-2-117.3. "Sibling"

31-9-2-117.5. Repealed

31-9-2-118. "Spousal Support Order"

31-9-2-119. "State"

31-9-2-120. "State Department"

31-9-2-121. "State Registrar"

31-9-2-121.5. Repealed

31-9-2-122. Repealed

31-9-2-122.5. "Steve System"

31-9-2-123. "Substantiated"

31-9-2-123.5. "Successful Adulthood Services"

31-9-2-123.7. "Supervised Independent Living Arrangement"

31-9-2-124. "Support Enforcement Agency"

31-9-2-125. "Support Order"

31-9-2-126. "Surrogate"

31-9-2-127. "Surrogate Agreement"

31-9-2-128. Repealed

31-9-2-129. "Team"

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"

31-9-2-130.5. "Tribe"

31-9-2-131. "Tribunal"

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"

31-9-2-132. "Unsubstantiated"

31-9-2-133. "Victim of Child Abuse or Neglect"

31-9-2-133.1. "Victim of Human or Sexual Trafficking"

31-9-2-134. "Voluntary Information"

31-9-2-134.5. "Wardship"

31-9-2-135. "Warrant"

31-9-2-136. "Youth Service Bureau"