Indiana § 12-18-8-17 - Local domestic violence fatality review team; immunity
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§ 12-18-8-17. Local domestic violence fatality review team; immunity
Sec. 17. Members of a local domestic violence fatality review team and individuals who attend a meeting of a local domestic violence fatality review team as invitees of the chairperson:
(1) may discuss among themselves confidential matters that are before the local domestic violence fatality review team;
(2) are bound by all applicable laws regarding the confidentiality of matters reviewed by the local domestic violence fatality review team; and
(3) except when acting:
(A) with malice;
(B) in bad faith; or
(C) with gross negligence;
are immune from any civil or criminal liability that might otherwise be imposed as a result of communicating among themselves about confidential matters that are before the local domestic violence fatality review team.
As added by P.L.258-2017, SEC.10.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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