Prevention of domestic violence, family violence, and harassment
Applied in 28 court decisions — leading case Laux v. State (2005)
Most recently applied in N.E. v. L.W. (June 2019)
As added by P.L.133-2002, SEC.56
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Sec. 1. This chapter shall be construed to promote the:
(1) protection and safety of all victims of domestic or family violence in a fair, prompt, and effective manner;
(2) protection and safety of all victims of harassment in a fair, prompt, and effective manner; and
(3) prevention of future domestic violence, family violence, and harassment.
Official source: Indiana General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Indiana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.