Indiana Statutes
§ 35-46-1-3 — Incest
(a)A person eighteen (18) years of age or older
who engages in sexual intercourse or other sexual conduct (as defined
in IC 35-31.5-2-221.5) with another person, when the person knows
that the other person is related to the person biologically as a parent,
child, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, aunt, uncle, niece, or nephew,
commits incest, a Level 5 felony. However, the offense is a Level 4
felony if the other person is less than sixteen (16) years of age.
(b)It is a defense that the accused person's otherwise incestuous
relation with the other person was based on their marriage, if the
marriage was valid where it was entered into.
As added by Acts 1976, P.L.148, SEC.6. Amended by Acts
1977, P.L.340, SEC.86; P.L.158-1987, SEC.5; P.L.79-1994, SEC.16;
P.L.158-2013, SEC.549.
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"Drug abuser"§ 35-31.5-2-105.5
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