(1) who is needy;

(2) who is not a public ward;

(3) who is less than eighteen (18) years of age;

(4) who has been deprived of parental support or care because of a parent’s:

(A) death;

(B) continued absence from the home; or

(C) physical or mental incapacity; and

(5) whose relatives liable for the individual’s support are not able to provide adequate care or support for the individual without public assistance; and

(6) who is in need of foster care, under circumstances that do not require the individual to be made a public ward.

     (b) This section applies to the following statutes:

(1) IC 12-13.

(2) IC 12-14.

(3) IC 12-15.

(4) IC 12-19.

[Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 12-1-10-10(a).]

As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.145-2006, SEC.46.