Sec. 18. The discussions, determinations, conclusions, and recommendations of a local domestic violence fatality review team or its members, concerning a review of a domestic violence fatality or near fatality, at a meeting of the local domestic violence fatality review team:

(1) are privileged; and

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Terms Used In Indiana Code 12-18-8-18

  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • domestic violence: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 12-18-8-2
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • local domestic violence fatality review team: means the county or regional domestic violence fatality review team established under this chapter. See Indiana Code 12-18-8-5
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
(2) are not:

(A) subject to subpoena or discovery; or

(B) admissible as evidence;

in any judicial or administrative proceeding.

As added by P.L.258-2017, SEC.11.