Title 34, CIVIL LAW AND PROCEDURE

Sec. 2. A: (1) woman who gives birth to a child after being treated for infertility by a physician; (2) spouse of the woman; (3) surviving spouse of the woman; or (4) child born as a result of the actions of a physician described in this chapter; may bring an action against a hea…

Sec. 3. A donor of human reproductive material may bring an action against a health care provider who: (1) treats a patient for infertility by using human reproductive material donated by the donor; and (2) knows or reasonably should have known that the human reproductive materia…

Sec. 4. A plaintiff who prevails in an action under this chapter is entitled to reasonable attorney's fees, the costs of the fertility treatment (in an action brought under section 2 of this chapter), and: (1) compensatory and punitive damages; or (2) liquidated damages of ten th…

Sec. 5. (a) A person who brings an action under section 2 of this chapter has a separate cause of action for each child born as the result of the fraudulent fertility treatment. (b) A person who brings an action under section 3 of this chapter has a separate cause of action for e…

Sec. 6. Nothing in this chapter may be construed to prohibit a person from pursuing any other remedy provided by law. As added by P.L.215-2019, SEC.2.

Sec. 1. This chapter shall be construed to promote the: (1) protection and safety of all victims of domestic or family violence in a fair, prompt, and effective manner; (2) protection and safety of all victims of harassment in a fair, prompt, and effective manner; and (3) prevent…

Sec. 10. (a) If a court issues: (1) an order for protection ex parte effective for a period described under section 9(f) of this chapter; or (2) a modification of an order for protection ex parte effective for a period described under section 9(f) of this chapter; and provides re…

Sec. 11. If a respondent is excluded from the residence of a petitioner or ordered to stay away from a petitioner, an invitation by the petitioner to do so does not waive or nullify an order for protection. As added by P.L.133-2002, SEC.56.

Sec. 12. If a petitioner: (1) files a written request for dismissal with a court; or (2) makes an oral request on the record to dismiss the case in open court; the court shall without delay or any conditions dismiss the case without prejudice. As added by P.L.133-2002, SEC.56.…

Sec. 13. A court may not deny a petitioner relief under section 9 of this chapter solely because of a lapse of time between an act of domestic or family violence or harassment and the filing of a petition. As added by P.L.133-2002, SEC.56. Amended by P.L.266-2019, SEC.11.

Sec. 14. (a) A court may not grant a mutual order for protection to opposing parties. (b) If both parties allege injury, the parties shall do so by separate petitions. The trial court shall review each petition separately in an individual or a consolidated hearing and grant or de…

Sec. 15. A court may not: (1) order parties into mediation; or (2) refer parties to mediation; for resolution of the issues in a petition for an order for protection regarding family or domestic violence. This section may not be construed to preclude mediation in other cases invo…

Sec. 16. Fees for: (1) filing; (2) service of process; (3) witnesses; or (4) subpoenas; may not be charged for a proceeding seeking relief or enforcement as provided in this chapter, including a proceeding concerning a foreign protection order as described in section 17 of this c…

Sec. 17. (a) A foreign protection order is facially valid if it: (1) identifies the protected person and the respondent; (2) is currently in effect; (3) was issued by a state, Canadian, or tribal court with jurisdiction over the: (A) parties; and (B) subject matter; under the law…

Sec. 18. The following orders are required to be entered into the Indiana data and communication system (IDACS) by a county sheriff or local law enforcement agency: (1) A no contact order issued under IC 31-32-13 in a juvenile case. (2) A no contact order issued under IC 31-34-20…

Sec. 19. In a proceeding under this chapter, a court may appoint a guardian ad litem to represent the interests of a child of one (1) or both parents. As added by P.L.133-2002, SEC.56.

Sec. 2. (a) A person who is or has been a victim of domestic or family violence may file a petition for an order for protection against a: (1) family or household member who commits an act of domestic or family violence; or (2) person who has committed stalking under IC 35-45-10-…

Sec. 20. (a) A protective order issued before July 1, 2002, under IC 31-34-17, IC 31-37-16, or IC 34-26-2 (before their repeal) remains in effect for the period indicated in the court order granting the protective order. (b) A protective order issued before July 1, 2002, under IC…

Sec. 21. (a) As used in this section, "financial responsibility" means an obligation to pay monthly service fees and other costs and charges associated with any telephone number. (b) As used in this section, "provider" means a person or entity that provides commercial mobile serv…

Sec. 3. (a) The office of judicial administration shall: (1) develop and adopt: (A) a petition for an order for protection; (B) an order for protection, including: (i) orders issued under this chapter; (ii) ex parte orders; (iii) no contact orders under IC 31 and IC 35; (iv) form…

Sec. 4. (a) Any court of record has jurisdiction to issue a civil order for protection. (b) A petition for an order for protection must be filed in the county in which the: (1) petitioner currently or temporarily resides; (2) respondent resides; or (3) domestic or family violence…

Sec. 5. At a hearing to obtain an order for protection, each party has a continuing duty to inform the court of: (1) each separate proceeding for an order for protection; (2) any civil litigation; (3) each proceeding in a family, domestic relations, or juvenile court; (4) each cr…

Sec. 6. The following rules apply to an order for protection issued under this chapter: (1) An order for protection is in addition to, and not instead of, another available civil or criminal proceeding. (2) A petitioner is not barred from seeking an order because of another pendi…

Sec. 7. A petitioner may omit the petitioner's address from all nonconfidential documents filed with a court. However, a petitioner must provide the court with complete information concerning the protected address on the uniform statewide confidential form and on other confidenti…

Sec. 8. If a petitioner seeks: (1) an order for protection; (2) an extension of an order for protection; (3) a modification of an order for protection; (4) the termination of an order for protection; or (5) the registration of a foreign protective order; the petitioner is respons…

Sec. 9. (a) If it appears from a petition for an order for protection or from a petition to modify an order for protection that domestic or family violence has occurred or that a modification of an order for protection is required, a court may: (1) without notice or hearing, imme…

Sec. 0.2. The amendments made to IC 34-4-32-1 (before its repeal, now codified at section 1 of this chapter) by P.L.309-1985 do not apply to violations occurring before April 9, 1985. As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.562.

Sec. 1. (a) An action to enforce a statute defining an infraction shall be brought in the name of the state of Indiana by the prosecuting attorney for the judicial circuit in which the infraction allegedly took place. However, if the infraction allegedly took place on a public hi…

Sec. 11. Any person charged with a traffic violation that is within the authority of the violations clerk may mail or deliver: (1) the amount of the judgment (including costs) indicated on the ticket; and (2) a signed: (A) admission of the violation; or (B) pleading of nolo conte…

Sec. 12. Before accepting a pleading admitting to a violation or entering a declaration of nolo contendere to a violation, the violations clerk or the officer writing the ticket shall inform the person that: (1) the person's signature to: (A) an admission of the violation; or (B)…

Sec. 13. A court may permit a person to use a credit card issued by a financial institution for the purpose of paying a court cost and judgment with respect to a traffic violation that is enforced under this chapter. The state board of accounts shall allow a county to pay any app…

Sec. 14. If a person named as a defendant in a summons and complaint issued under IC 5-16-9-10, before the appearance date specified in the summons and complaint, mails or delivers the following to the court having jurisdiction over the action: (1) an admission of the violation o…

Sec. 15. (a) This subsection does not apply to a person whose prosecution for an infraction is deferred under section 1 of this chapter. If a person alleged to have violated a statute defining an infraction: (1) is not prosecuted or if the action against the person is dismissed; …

Sec. 17. (a) This section applies after December 31, 2016. (b) In addition to: (1) the penalty described under IC 9-18.1-2-10; and (2) any judgment assessed under IC 34-28-5 (or IC 34-4-32 before its repeal); a person that violates IC 9-18.1-2-3 shall be assessed a judgment equal…

Sec. 2. In an action for a moving traffic violation, the pleadings are as follows: (1) A summons and complaint. (2) Entry by a defendant of: (A) an admission to the violation; (B) a denial of the violation; or (C) a declaration of nolo contendere in which the defendant consents t…

Sec. 3. (a) Whenever a law enforcement officer believes in good faith that a person has committed an infraction or ordinance violation, the law enforcement officer may detain that person for a time sufficient to: (1) inform the person of the allegation; (2) obtain the person's: (…

Sec. 3.5. A person who knowingly or intentionally refuses to provide either the person's: (1) name, address, and date of birth; or (2) driver's license, if in the person's possession; to a law enforcement officer who has stopped the person for an infraction or ordinance violation…

Sec. 4. (a) A judgment of up to ten thousand dollars ($10,000) may be entered for a violation constituting a Class A infraction. (b) A judgment of up to one thousand dollars ($1,000) may be entered for a violation constituting a Class B infraction. (c) Except as provided in subse…

Sec. 5. (a) A defendant against whom a judgment is entered is liable for costs. Costs are part of the judgment and may not be suspended except under IC 9-30-3-12. Whenever a judgment is entered against a person for the commission of two (2) or more civil violations (infractions o…

Sec. 6. If a defendant fails to satisfy a judgment entered against the defendant for the violation of a traffic ordinance or for a traffic infraction by a date fixed by the court, the court may suspend the defendant's drivers license. When a court suspends a person's drivers lice…

Sec. 7. Any court may establish a traffic violations bureau and appoint a violations clerk who shall serve under the direction and control of the court. [Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-4-32-5(a).] As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.24.

Sec. 8. The violations clerk or deputy violations clerk shall: (1) accept: (A) written appearances; (B) waivers of trial; (C) admissions of violation; (D) declarations of nolo contendere for moving traffic violations; (E) payments of judgments (including costs) in traffic violati…

Sec. 9. The court shall: (1) designate the traffic violations within the authority of the violations clerk, but these violations may not include misdemeanors or felonies; (2) establish schedules, within limits prescribed by law, of the judgments to be imposed for first violations…

Sec. 0.2. The amendments made to IC 34-4-12.5-1 and IC 34-4-13.5-2 (before their repeal, now codified at section 1 of this chapter and at IC 34-6-2 (before its repeal and relocation to IC 34-6-2.1)) by P.L.144-1991 apply only to a gift of a food item made after June 30, 1991. As …

Sec. 1. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a person who in good faith makes a gift of a food item, an agricultural product, or livestock to a charitable entity is not liable for civil damages arising from the use, condition, quality, or content of that food item, agricultu…

Sec. 2. A charitable entity that in good faith receives a gift of a food item, an agricultural product, or livestock is not liable for civil damages arising from the use, condition, quality, or content of that food item, agricultural product, or livestock, unless the damages are …