IC 35-42-4-7
Child seduction
Sec. 7. (a) As used in this section, "adoptive parent" has the meaning set forth in IC 31-9-2-6.
(b) As used in this section, "adoptive grandparent" means the parent of an adoptive parent.
(c) As used in this section, "charter school" has the meaning set forth in IC 20-18-2-2.5.
(d) As used in this section, "child care worker" means a person who:
(1) provides care, supervision, or instruction to a child within the scope of the person's employment in a shelter care facility;
(2) is employed by a:
(A) school corporation;
(B) charter school;
(C) nonpublic school; or
(D) special education cooperative;
attended by a child who is the victim of a crime under this chapter; or
(3) is:
(A) affiliated with a:
(i) school corporation;
(ii) charter school;
(iii) nonpublic school; or
(iv) special education cooperative;
attended by a child who is the victim of a crime under this chapter, regardless of how or whether the person is compensated;
(B) in a position of trust in relation to a child who attends the school or cooperative;
(C) engaged in the provision of care or supervision to a child who attends the school or cooperative; and
(D) at least four (4) years older than the child who is the victim of a crime under this chapter.
The term does not include a student who attends the school or cooperative.
(e) As used in this section, "custodian" means any person who resides with a child and is responsible for the child's welfare.
(f) As used in this section, "military recruiter" means a member
of the armed forces of the United States (as defined in IC 20-33-10-2) or the Indiana National Guard whose primary job function, classification, or specialty is recruiting individuals to enlist with the armed forces of the United States or the Indiana National Guard.
(g) As used in this section, "nonpublic school" has the meaning set forth in IC 20-18-2-12.
(h) As used in this section, "school corporation" has the meaning set forth in IC 20-18-2-16.
(i) As used in this section, "special education cooperative" has the meaning set forth in IC 20-35-5-1.
(j) As used in this section, "stepparent" means an individual who is married to a child's custodial or noncustodial parent and is not the child's adoptive parent.
(k) If a person who:
(1) is at least eighteen (18) years of age; and
(2) is:
(A) the:
(i) guardian, adoptive parent, adoptive grandparent, custodian, or stepparent of; or
(ii) child care worker for; or
(B) a military recruiter who is attempting to enlist;
a child at least sixteen (16) years of age but less than eighteen (18) years of age;
engages with the child in sexual intercourse, deviate sexual conduct (as defined in IC 35-41-1-9), or any fondling or touching with the intent to arouse or satisfy the sexual desires of either the child or the adult, the person commits child seduction, a Class D felony.
As added by P.L.158-1987, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.1-1997, SEC.148; P.L.71-1998, SEC.5; P.L.228-2001, SEC.5; P.L.161-2003, SEC.10; P.L.1-2005, SEC.228; P.L.125-2009, SEC.7.