Indiana Code 34-11-2-4. Injury or forfeiture of penalty actions
(1) injury to person or character;
Terms Used In Indiana Code 34-11-2-4
- Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
- Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
- person: has the meaning set forth in IC 34-6-2-103(b). See Indiana Code 34-11-2-11.5
- Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
- Statute of limitations: A law that sets the time within which parties must take action to enforce their rights.
(3) a forfeiture of penalty given by statute;
must be commenced within two (2) years after the cause of action accrues.
(b) Except as provided in subsections (c) and (d), an action for injury to a person that results from the sexual abuse of a child must be commenced within the later of:
(1) seven (7) years after the cause of action accrues; or
(2) four (4) years after the person ceases to be a dependent of the person alleged to have performed the sexual abuse.
(c) An action for injury to a person that:
(1) results from the sexual abuse of a child;
(2) is barred due to the expiration of the statute of limitations period described in subsection (b); and
(3) is brought against a congressionally chartered organization that was incorporated before June 16, 1916;
may be commenced in accordance with subsection (d).
(d) An action described in subsection (c) may be commenced before July 1, 2025, by a person who, before January 1, 2024, participated in a bankruptcy proceeding or bankruptcy settlement that:
(1) was initiated on February 18, 2020; and
(2) involved the organization described in subsection (c)(3).
[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-2-2(1).]
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.44-2013, SEC.1; P.L.79-2024, SEC.1.