Sec. 2. "Dual status child" means:
(1) a child who is alleged to be or is presently adjudicated to be a child in need of services under IC 31-34-10 or IC 31-34-11 and is alleged to be or is presently adjudicated to be a delinquent child under IC 31-37-12 or IC 31-37-13;
(2) a child who is presently named in an informal adjustment under IC 31-34-8 and who is adjudicated a delinquent child under IC 31-37-12 or IC 31-37-13;
(3) a child who is presently named in an informal adjustment under IC 31-37-9 and who is adjudicated to be a child in need of services under IC 31-34-10 or IC 31-34-11;
(4) a child who:
(A) has been previously adjudicated to be a child in need of services under IC 31-34-10 or IC 31-34-11; or
(B) was a participant in a program of informal adjustment under IC 31-34-8;
and who was under a wardship that had been terminated or was in a program of informal adjustment that had concluded before the current delinquency petition;
(5) a child who was:
(A) previously adjudicated to be a delinquent child under IC 31-37-12 or IC 31-37-13 that was closed; and
(B) a participant in a program of informal adjustment under IC 31-37-9 which was concluded prior to a child in need of services proceeding; and
(6) a child:
(A) who is eligible for release from commitment of the department of correction;
(B) whose parent, guardian, or custodian:
(i) cannot be located; or
(ii) is unwilling to take custody of the child; and
(C) for whom the department of correction is requesting a modification of the dispositional decree under IC 31-30-2-4.
As added by P.L.66-2015, SEC.17.
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