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Indiana Code Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law § 31-9-2-133

Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

Sec. 133. (a) “Victim of child abuse or neglect”, for purposes of IC 31-32-11-1 and IC 31-33, refers to:

(1) a child as described in:

(A) IC 31-34-1-1 through IC 31-34-1-5;

(B) IC 31-34-1-10;  or

(C) IC 31-34-1-11;

regardless of whether the child needs care, treatment, rehabilitation, or the coercive intervention of a court;  or

(2) an individual who:

(A) is at least eighteen (18) years of age but less than twenty-one (21) years of age;

(B) resides, or has previously resided, at a residential facility licensed by the department;  and

(C) is harmed or threatened with harm as a result of:

(i) a battery offense included in IC 35-42-2;  or

(ii) sexual activity (as defined in IC 35-42-4-13(b));

committed by a member of the staff at the residential facility.

(b) The term does not include a child who is alleged to be a victim of a sexual offense under IC 35-42-4-3 unless the alleged offense under IC 35-42-4-3 involves the fondling or touching of the buttocks, genitals, or female breasts.

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