A statement or videotape that:

1. (1) is made by a child who at the time of the statement or videotape:

   1. (A) is less than fourteen (14) years of age; or

   2. (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:

      1. (i) is likely to continue indefinitely;
      2. (ii) constitutes a substantial disability to the child's ability to function normally in society; and
      3. (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. (2) concerns an act that is a material element in determining whether a parent-child relationship should be terminated; and

3. (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.]

As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.18.