Can a person who commits Statutory Rape resulting in pregnancy have any parental rights?
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However, unless Indiana has enacted laws since 2015 we do not find laws in Indiana that address the issue. if they are there we could not locate them. You may want to visit the site below and contact the National Conference of State Legislatures to determine the status of any laws in Indiana dealing with this issue.
See http://www.ncsl.org/research/human-services/parental-rights-and-sexual-assault.aspx
In May 2015, the the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act was enacted by Congress. Title IV of that act, the Rape Survivor Child Custody Act, increases the amount of STOP formula grant funding under the Violence Against Women Act (U.S.C. 3796gg et seq.) for those states that have a law permitting mothers of children conceived through rape to seek termination of parental rights of their rapists. The increased funding shall be provided for a 2 year period, but may not be awarded to the same state more than 4 times.
Twenty-two states allow for termination of parental rights if the parent was convicted of sexual assault which resulted in the birth of the child. The other 12 states and the District of Columbia deny or restrict custody or visitation if the child was conceived as a result of a rape or sexual assault. Generally, a conviction is required before parental rights are terminated.
Also, some states (Arkansas, the District of Columbia, Illinois, Kentucky, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Utah, West Virginia and Wyoming) still allow child support to be collected when the custody and visitation rights have been restricted. However, in Hawaii and Oregon, child support is still required even though parental rights are terminated.
Generally, these statutes fall into two categories:
1. States that Allow for Termination of Parental Rights: Alaska, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Washington and Wisconsin.
2. States that Restrict or Prohibit Custody and Visitation: Arkansas, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, Illinois, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Utah, Virginia and West Virginia.
http://www.ncsl.org/research/human-services/parental-rights-and-sexual-assault.aspx
Related:
https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/178
http://www.avoiceformen.com/feminism/feminist-governance-feminism/legally-obscene/
https://nobullying.com/statutory-rape/
http://criminal.findlaw.com/criminal-charges/statutory-rape.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pregnancy_from_rape
https://www.ccoso.org/sites/default/files/import/Statutory-Rape---guide-to-reporting.pdf
http://www.ageofconsent.com/comments/numbereleven.htm
http://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/family_law/20141.authcheckdam.pdf
http://clinmedjournals.org/articles/ijwhw/international-journal-of-womens-health-and-wellness-ijwhw-1-004.pdf
http://scholarship.law.duke.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1229&context=djglp
http://sex-crimes.laws.com/statutory-rape/romeo-and-juliet-laws
http://ojp.gov/ovc/publications/infores/statutoryrape/handbook/issu.html