Ind. Code § 29-3-7-7
Persons prohibited from being appointed or from serving as a guardian
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Current — January 1, 2023
As of January 1, 2018
Sec. 7. A court may not appoint a person to serve as the guardian or permit a person to continue to serve as a guardian if the person:
Sec. 7. A court may not appoint a person to serve as the guardian or permit a person to continue to serve as a guardian if the person:
(1) is a sexually violent predator (as described in IC 35-38-1-7.5);
(1) is a sexually violent predator (as described in IC 35-38-1-7.5);
(2) was at least eighteen (18) years of age at the time of the offense and was convicted of child molesting (IC 35-42-4-3) or sexual misconduct with a minor (IC 35-42-4-9) against a child less than sixteen (16) years of age:
(A) by using or threatening the use of deadly force;
(B) while armed with a deadly weapon; or
(C) that resulted in serious bodily injury; or
(2) was at least eighteen (18) years of age at the time of the offense and was convicted of child molesting (IC 35-42-4-3) or sexual misconduct with a minor (IC 35-42-4-9) against a child less than sixteen (16) years of age:
(A) by using or threatening the use of deadly force;
(B) while armed with a deadly weapon; or
(C) that resulted in serious bodily injury; or
(3) was less than eighteen (18) years of age at the time of the offense and was convicted as an adult of: (A) an offense described in: (i) IC 35-42-4-1; (ii) IC 35-42-4-2 (before its repeal); (iii) IC 35-42-4-3 as a Class A or Class B felony (for crimes committed before July 1, 2014) or as a Level 1, Level 2, Level 3, or Level 4 felony (for crimes committed after June 30, 2014); (iv) IC 35-42-4-5(a)(1); (v) IC 35-42-4-5(a)(2); (vi) IC 35-42-4-5(a)(3) (before that provision was redesignated by P.L.158-2013, SECTION 441); (vii) IC 35-42-4-5(b)(1) as a Class A or Class B felony (for crimes committed before July 1, 2014) or as a Level 2, Level 3, or Level 4 felony (for crimes committed after June 30, 2014); (viii) IC 35-42-4-5(b)(2); or (ix) IC 35-42-4-5(b)(3) as a Class A or Class B felony (for crimes committed before July 1, 2014) or as a Level 2, Level 3, or Level 4 felony (for crimes committed after June 30, 2014); (B) an attempt or conspiracy to commit a crime listed in clause (A); or (C) a crime under the laws of another jurisdiction, including a military court, that is substantially equivalent to any of the offenses listed in clauses (A) and (B).
(3) was less than eighteen (18) years of age at the time of the offense and was convicted as an adult of an offense described in: (A) IC 35-42-4-1; (B) IC 35-42-4-2 (before its repeal); (C) IC 35-42-4-3 as a Class A or Class B felony (for crimes committed before July 1, 2014) or as a Level 1, Level 2, Level 3, or Level 4 felony (for crimes committed after June 30, 2014); (D) IC 35-42-4-5(a)(1); (E) IC 35-42-4-5(a)(2); (F) IC 35-42-4-5(a)(3) (before that provision was redesignated by P.L.158-2013, SECTION 441); (G) IC 35-42-4-5(b)(1) as a Class A or Class B felony (for crimes committed before July 1, 2014) or as a Level 2, Level 3, or Level 4 felony (for crimes committed after June 30, 2014); (H) IC 35-42-4-5(b)(2); or (I) IC 35-42-4-5(b)(3) as a Class A or Class B felony (for crimes committed before July 1, 2014) or as a Level 2, Level 3, or Level 4 felony (for crimes committed after June 30, 2014).
Official source: Indiana General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Indiana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.