Victim of human or sexual trafficking
Ind. Code § 31-34-1-3.5
in effectSec. 3.5. (a) A child is a child in need of services if, before the child becomes eighteen (18) years of age:
(1) the child is the victim of human or sexual trafficking (as defined in IC 31-9-2.1-254); and
(2) the child needs care, treatment, or rehabilitation that:
(A) the child is not receiving; and
(B) is unlikely to be provided or accepted without the coercive intervention of the court.
(b) A child is considered a victim of human or sexual trafficking regardless of whether the child consented to the conduct described in subsection (a)(1).
As added by P.L.46-2016, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.142-2020, SEC.42; P.L.145-2026, SEC.202.
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