Ind. Code § 31-32-5-3

Current through P.L. 171-2024

Section 31-32-5-3 - Admissibility of excluded statement for impeachment purposes

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.

IC 31-32-5-3

Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-6-7-3(c).

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