Indiana legal term
Adult in Indiana Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Indiana legislative session
In Indiana criminal law, “Adult” is a term defined by statute rather than by its everyday meaning. Its statutory definition — quoted verbatim below — controls how the term is applied throughout the Indiana criminal code.
What does “Adult” mean in Indiana criminal law?
"Adult" means both individuals legally classified as adults and juveniles treated as adults by court order, statute, or operation of law. (Ind. Code § 11-13-4.5-1)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Contributing to the delinquency of a minor
- Domestic battery
- Fraud
- Dangerous control of a firearm
- Hazing; good faith reporting
- Trafficking with an inmate outside a facility
- Visiting a common nuisance; maintaining a common nuisance
- Battery, neglect, or exploitation of endangered adult or person with mental or physical disability; failure to report; unlawful disclosure; referrals; retaliation
- Exploitation of a dependent or an endangered adult
- Permitting child to possess a firearm
- Unlawful employment by a sexual predator
- Unlawful possession of a firearm by a dangerous person
Related terms in the same statutes
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