Indiana § 34-12-2-4 - Identifying corespondent or participant in divorce, separate maintenance, annulment, or custody action prohibited
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§ 34-12-2-4. Identifying corespondent or participant in divorce, separate maintenance, annulment, or custody action prohibited
Sec. 4. It is unlawful for any person, either as litigant or attorney, to file, cause to be filed, threaten to file, or threaten to cause to be filed in any court of Indiana, any pleading or paper naming or describing in such manner as to identify any person as corespondent or participant in misconduct of the adverse party in any:
(1) action for:
(A) divorce;
(B) separate maintenance;
(C) annulment of marriage; or
(D) custody or care of children; or
(2) citation or proceeding ancillary or subsequent to an action described in subdivision (1).
[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-4-4-4 part.]
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.7.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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