§ 31-9-2-14 — "Child abuse or neglect"

Indiana § 31-9-2-14

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 9: DEFINITIONS

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(a) "Child abuse or neglect", for purposes of
IC 31-32-11-1, IC 31-33, IC 31-34-7-4, and IC 31-39-8-4, refers to:
(1) a child described in IC 31-34-1-1 through IC 31-34-1-5 and IC 31-34-1-8 through 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) For purposes of subsection (a), the term under subsection (a)
does not refer to 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, regardless of whether the child needs care, treatment,
rehabilitation, or the coercive intervention of a court.
(c) "Child abuse or neglect", for purposes of IC 31-34-2.3 and IC 31-42, refers to acts or omissions by a person against a child as
described in IC 31-34-1-1 through IC 31-34-1-11, regardless of
whether the child needs care, treatment, rehabilitation, or the coercive
intervention of a court.
(d) "Child abuse or neglect" does not include raising or referring to
a child in a manner consistent with the child's biological sex.
[Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-6-11-2.1(2).]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.1-2006, SEC.496; P.L.52-2007, SEC.6; P.L.48-2012, SEC.11; P.L.46-2016, SEC.4; P.L.109-2024, SEC.3; P.L.101-2025, SEC.2; P.L.168-2025, SEC.3; P.L.186-2025, SEC.271.