{"data":{"id":"us-in/ic-16-33-4-13","jurisdiction":"us-in","citation":"IC 16-33-4-13","heading":"Care, control, and training of children; responsibilities","body":"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:\n(1) eighteen (18) years of age; or\n(2) discharged from the home.\n(b) The superintendent shall make certain in the case of every child in the home that:\n(1) there is a responsible parent;\n(2) there is a responsible relative; or\n(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;\nwho is regularly and frequently concerned with the welfare of the child.\n(c) If:\n(1) the parent or parents have been deprived of the custody and control of a child by order of the court; and\n(2) custody has been given by the court to the department of child services;\nthe wardship shall be retained by the department of child services.","path":["TITLE 16. HEALTH","ARTICLE 33. SPECIAL INSTITUTIONS","Chapter 4. Indiana Soldiers' and Sailors' Children's Home"],"source_url":"https://iga.in.gov/ic/2026/Title_16.html#16-33-4-13","current_through":"2026","vintage":"2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-11T20:02:18Z","sha256":"76dc273127c48299fa4589e0c96448ce7b61e7820791f3ce28a7f274903b2fcc","source_id":"us-in","stale":false,"prev":"us-in/ic-16-33-4-12","next":"us-in/ic-16-33-4-14"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}