# Ind. Code § 12-20-16-8: Incompetent head of family; alternate food purchase order issuance

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## Section

- **Citation:** Ind. Code § 12-20-16-8
- **Heading:** Incompetent head of family; alternate food purchase order issuance
- **Jurisdiction:** Indiana
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Indiana Code / Title 12 / Article 20 / Chapter 16 / Section 12-20-16-8

## Text

Sec. 8. (a) If an applicant or a household is considered by the township trustee, as administrator of township assistance, to be incompetent or irresponsible to select food from a combined grocery and meat market or to make proper use of food stamps, the township trustee, as administrator of township assistance, shall issue the food purchase order in the name of one (1) of the following:

(1) Another adult member of the household.

(2) Another relative living in another household.

(3) Any other individual considered competent by the township trustee, as administrator of township assistance.

(b) For the purpose of selecting the combined grocery and meat market in a township having a population of more than ten thousand (10,000) from which food for the household is to be obtained, the competent individual referred to in subsection (a) shall be considered the individual responsible.

[Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 12-2-1-10(h).]

As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.51-1996, SEC.59; P.L.73-2005, SEC.75.

## Nearby sections

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