"Impermissible contact" defined
Applied in 9 court decisions — leading case Smith v. State (2004)
Most recently applied in C.S. v. T.K. (January 2019)
As added by P.L.242-1993, SEC.4
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. 3. (a) As used in this chapter, "impermissible contact" includes the following:
(1) Following or pursuing the victim.
(2) Communicating with the victim.
(3) Posting on social media, if the post:
(A) is directed to the victim; or
(B) refers to the victim, directly or indirectly.
(b) The list in subsection (a) is nonexclusive.
Official source: Indiana General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Indiana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.