Missing Child Taken Into Custody Without Court Order

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  2. Indiana Code
  3. Family Law and Juvenile Law
  4. Juvenile Law: Children in Need of Services
  5. Taking a Child in Need of Services Into Custody
  6. Missing Child Taken Into Custody Without Court Order

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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.


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