Indiana § 33-37-5-13 - Domestic violence prevention and treatment fee
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§ 33-37-5-13. Domestic violence prevention and treatment fee
Sec. 13. The court shall order a person to pay a domestic violence prevention and treatment fee of fifty dollars ($50) to the clerk in each criminal action in which:
(1) the person is found to have committed the offense of:
(A) murder (IC 35-42-1-1);
(B) causing suicide (IC 35-42-1-2);
(C) voluntary manslaughter (IC 35-42-1-3);
(D) reckless homicide (IC 35-42-1-5);
(E) battery (IC 35-42-2-1);
(F) domestic battery (IC 35-42-2-1.3);
(G) strangulation (IC 35-42-2-9); or
(H) rape (IC 35-42-4-1); and
(2) the victim:
(A) is a spouse or former spouse of the person who committed an offense under subdivision (1);
(B) is or was living as if a spouse of the person who committed the offense of domestic battery under subdivision (1)(F); or
(C) has a child in common with the person who committed the offense of domestic battery under subdivision (1)(F).
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-19-6-13.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.16. Amended by P.L.15-2016, SEC.2.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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