A child is a child in need of services if before the child becomes eighteen (18) years of age:

1. (1) the child's physical or mental condition is seriously impaired or seriously endangered as a result of the inability, refusal, or neglect of the child's parent, guardian, or custodian to supply the child with necessary food, clothing, shelter, medical care, education, or supervision:

   1. (A) when the parent, guardian, or custodian is financially able to do so; or
   2. (B) due to the failure, refusal, or inability of the parent, guardian, or custodian to seek financial or other reasonable means to do so; and

2. (2) the child needs care, treatment, or rehabilitation that:

   1. (A) the child is not receiving; and

   2. (B) is unlikely to be provided or accepted without the coercive intervention of the court.

      [Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-6-4-3(a) part.]

As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.17. Amended by P.L.2-2005, SEC.76; P.L.198-2019, SEC.8.