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Legal Information: Indiana
Updated:
November 14, 202331-35-3.5-6 Evidence of rape and conception
Sec. 6. A showing by clear and convincing evidence that:
(1) the alleged perpetrator committed an act of rape against a parent described in section 5(2)(A) of this chapter; and
(2) the child was conceived as a result of the act of rape;is prima facie evidence that termination of the parent-child relationship between the alleged perpetrator and the child is in the best interests of the child.
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