31-34-2-4. Missing child taken into custody without court order

IN Code § 31-34-2-4 (2019) (N/A)
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Sec. 4. A child may be taken into custody by:

(1) a law enforcement officer;

(2) a probation officer; or

(3) a caseworker;

acting with probable cause to believe the child is a child in need of services because the child is a missing child (as defined in IC 10-13-5-4).

[Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-6-4-4(e).]

As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.17. Amended by P.L.2-2003, SEC.74.