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TITLE 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law
ARTICLE 34. JUVENILE LAW: CHILDREN IN NEED OF SERVICES
CHAPTER 12. Findings, Presumptions, and Evidence
31-34-12-5. Admissibility of evidence of prior or subsequent acts or omissions
Universal Citation: IN Code § 31-34-12-5 (2018)
IC 31-34-12-5 Admissibility of evidence of prior or subsequent acts or omissions
Sec. 5. Evidence that a prior or subsequent act or omission by a parent, guardian, or custodian injured or neglected a child is admissible in proceedings alleging that a child is a child in need of services to show the following:
(1) Intent, guilty knowledge, the absence of mistake or accident, identification, the existence of a common scheme or plan, or other similar purposes.
(2) A likelihood that the act or omission of the parent, guardian, or custodian is responsible for the child's current injury or condition.
[Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-6-7-13(c).]
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.17. Amended by P.L.128-2012, SEC.160.
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