Current through P.L. 171-2024
Section 34-11-2-15 - Civil fertility fraud(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), an action for civil fertility fraud (IC 34-24-5) must be commenced not later than:(1) ten (10) years after the eighteenth birthday of the child; or(2) if subdivision (1) does not apply, twenty (20) years after the procedure was performed.(b) An action for civil fertility fraud that would otherwise be barred under this section may be commenced not later than five (5) years after the earliest of the date on which: (1) the person first discovers evidence sufficient to bring an action against the defendant through DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) analysis;(2) the person first becomes aware of the existence of a recording (as defined in IC 35-31.5-2-273) that provides evidence sufficient to bring an action against the defendant; or(3) the defendant confesses to the offense.Added by P.L. 215-2019,SEC. 1, eff. 7/1/2019.