Sec. 13. (a) The superintendent is responsible for the care, control, and training of children admitted to and living in the home from the day a child is admitted to the home until the child is:

(1) eighteen (18) years of age; or

(2) discharged from the home.

     (b) The superintendent shall make certain in the case of every child in the home that:

(1) there is a responsible parent;

(2) there is a responsible relative; or

(3) if a responsible parent or relative is not available, the child is a ward of the department of child services from which there is a representative;

who is regularly and frequently concerned with the welfare of the child.

     (c) If:

(1) the parent or parents have been deprived of the custody and control of a child by order of the court; and

(2) custody has been given by the court to the department of child services;

the wardship shall be retained by the department of child services.

[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-6.5-5-11.]

As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.16. Amended by P.L.4-1993, SEC.238; P.L.5-1993, SEC.251; P.L.146-2008, SEC.438.