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Indiana Code › Title 6 › Article 8 › Chapter 11 › Section 6-8-11-2

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Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "dependent" means any of the following:

(1) The spouse of an employee.

(2) An employee's child who is one (1) of the following:

(A) Less than nineteen (19) years of age.

(B) Less than twenty-three (23) years of age and enrolled as a full-time student at an accredited college or university.

(C) Legally entitled to the provision by the employee of proper or necessary subsistence, education, medical care, or other care necessary for the child's health, guidance, or well-being, and not otherwise emancipated, self-supporting, married, or a member of the armed forces of the United States.

(D) Mentally or physically incapacitated to the extent that the child is not self-sufficient.

As added by P.L.92-1995, SEC.2 and P.L.93-1995, SEC.2.

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