2017 Indiana Code
TITLE 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law
ARTICLE 17. FAMILY LAW: CUSTODY AND VISITATION RIGHTS
CHAPTER 2. Actions for Child Custody and Modification of Child Custody Orders
31-17-2-8.3. Supervised parenting time; conviction of crime involving domestic or family violence; batterer's intervention program
Sec. 8.3. (a) This section applies if a court finds that a noncustodial parent has been convicted of a crime involving domestic or family violence that was witnessed or heard by the noncustodial parent's child.
(b) There is created a rebuttable presumption that the court shall order that the noncustodial parent's parenting time with the child must be supervised:
(1) for at least one (1) year and not more than two (2) years immediately following the crime involving domestic or family violence; or
(2) until the child becomes emancipated;
whichever occurs first.
(c) As a condition of granting the noncustodial parent unsupervised parenting time, the court may require the noncustodial parent to complete a batterer's intervention program certified by the Indiana coalition against domestic violence.
As added by P.L.133-2002, SEC.33. Amended by P.L.68-2005, SEC.32; P.L.162-2011, SEC.12.
