Sec. 2. A statement or videotape that: (1) is made by a child who at the time of the statement or videotape: (A) is less than fourteen (14) years of age; or (B) is at least fourteen (14) years of age but less than eighteen (18) years of age and has a disability attributable to an impairment of general intellectual functioning or adaptive behavior that: (i) is likely to continue indefinitely; (ii) constitutes a substantial disability to the child's ability to function normally in society; and (iii) reflects the child's need for a combination and sequence of special, interdisciplinary, or generic care, treatment, or other services that are of lifelong or extended duration and are individually planned and coordinated; (2) concerns an act that is a material element in determining whether a parent-child relationship should be terminated; and (3) is not otherwise admissible in evidence under statute or court rule; is admissible in evidence in an action described in section 1 of this chapter if the requirements of section 3 of this chapter are met. [Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-6-15-2 part.]
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