460 IAC 20-1-21 "Parent" defined

Sec. 21. (a) "Parent" means a parent, a guardian, a person acting as a parent of a child, a foster parent, or a surrogate parent who has been appointed in accordance with 470 IAC 20-12-5. The term does not include the state if the child is a ward of the state. (b) The term includes the singular, as well as the plural, form of the noun.