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Ind. Code § 31-32-5-3

Admissibility of excluded statement for impeachment purposes

As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.15.

Sec. 3. If:

(1) a statement made knowingly and voluntarily cannot be admitted as evidence against a child because of failure to meet the requirements of section 1 of this chapter; and

(2) the child testifies in the child's own defense;

the statement may be admitted to impeach the child as a witness in the same manner as evidence of any other prior inconsistent statement can be admitted for impeachment.

Official source: Indiana General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Indiana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.