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regardless of whether the child care center or
child care home is licensed.
(b) Achild care provider who recklessly super-
vises a child commits reckless supervision, a
Class B misdemeanor. However, the offense is a
Class A misdemeanor if the offense results in
serious bodily injury to a child, and a Level 6
felony if the offense results in the death of a child.
35-46-1-5. Nonsupport of a child.
(a) A person who knowingly or intentionally
fails to provide support to the person’s dependent
child commits nonsupport of a child, a Level 6
felony. However, the offense is a Level 5 felony
if the person has a previous conviction under this
section.
(b) It is a defense that the child had aban-
doned the home of the child’s family without the
consent of the child’s parent or on order of a
court, but it is not a defense that the child had aban-
doned the home of the child’s family if the cause
of the child’s leaving was the fault of the child’s
parent.
(c) It is a defense that the accused person, in
the legitimate practice of the person’s religious
belief, provided treatment by spiritual means
through prayer, in lieu of medical care, to the
person’s dependent child.
(d) It is a defense that the accused person was
unable to provide support.
35-46-1-6. Nonsupport of a spouse.
(a) A person who knowingly or intentionally
fails to provide support to the person’s spouse,
when the spouse needs support, commits non-
support of a spouse, a Level 6 felony.
(b) It is a defense that the accused person was
unable to provide support.
35-46-1-7. Nonsupport of a parent.
(a) A person who knowingly or intentionally
fails to provide support to his parent, when the par-
ent is unable to support himself, commits non-
support of a parent, a Class A misdemeanor.
(b) It is a defense that the accused person had
not been supported by the parent during the time
he was a dependent child under eighteen (18)
years of age, unless the parent was unable to pro-
vide support.
(c) It is a defense that the accused person was
unable to provide support.
35-46-1-8. Contributing to the delinquency of
a minor.
(a) Aperson at least eighteen (18) years of age
who knowingly or intentionally encourages, aids,
induces, or causes a person less than eighteen
(18) years of age to commit an act of delinquency
(as defined by IC 31-37-1, or IC 31-37-2) commits
contributing to delinquency, a Class A misde-
meanor.
(b) However, the offense described in sub-
section (a) is:
(1) a Level 5 felony if:
(A) the person committing the offense
is at least twenty-one (21) years of age
and knowingly or intentionally fur-
nishes:
(i) an alcoholic beverage to a per-
son less than eighteen (18) years of
age in violation of IC 7.1-5-7-8
when the person committing the
offense knew or reasonably should
have known that the person fur-
nished the alcoholic beverage was
less than eighteen (18) years of
age; or
(ii) a controlled substance (as
defined in IC 35-48-1-9) or a drug
(as defined in IC 9-13-2-49.1) in
violation of Indiana law; and
(B) the consumption, ingestion, or use
of the alcoholic beverage, controlled
substance, or drug is the proximate
cause of the death of any person; and
(2) a Level 6 felony if the person com-
mitting the offense knowingly or inten-
tionally encourages, aids, induces, or
causes a person less than eighteen (18)
years of age to commit an act that would
be a felony if committed by an adult under
any of the following:
(A) IC 35-48-4-1.
(B) IC 35-48-4-1.1.
(C) IC 35-48-4-2.
(D) IC 35-48-4-3.
(E) IC 35-48-4-4.
(F) IC 35-48-4-4.5.
(G) IC 35-48-4-4.6.
(H) IC 35-58-4-5.
