Sec. 51. “Hard to place child” or “hard to place children”, for purposes of IC 31-19, means a child who is or children who are disadvantaged:

(1) because of:

(A) ethnic background;

(B) race;

(C) color;

(D) language;

(E) physical, mental, or medical disability; or

(F) age; or

(2) because the child or children are members of a sibling group that should be placed in the same home.

[Pre-1997 Recodification Citations: 31-3-1-1(b) part; 31-3-3-1(b).]

As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.200-1999, SEC.1.