Northwest Indiana / Lake County Invasion of Privacy Attorney

In Indiana, invasion of privacy is a criminal offense that alleges that a person violated a protective order, restraining order, or no contact order. In some situations, the person who initially sought the protective order seeks to initiate contact with the subject of the protective order in an attempt to set them up with a criminal charge. 

Under Indiana law, a person commits the offense of invasion of privacy by intentionally violating:

• A protective order to prevent domestic or family violence issued after a hearing;
• A protective order issued by a court solely on one party’s petition without a hearing in response to an emergency situation;
• A workplace violence restraining order;
• A no contact order in a dispositional decree or an order to refrain from direct or indirect contact with a child in need of services or a delinquent child;
• A no contact order issued as a condition of pretrial release, including release on bail or personal recognizance, or pretrial diversion;
• A no contact order issued as a condition of probation;
• A no contact order to prevent domestic or family violence issued during a divorce or legal separation action in the court where the case is pending;
• A protective order to prevent domestic or family violence in a paternity action;
• A no contact order in a child in need of services proceeding or in a juvenile delinquency proceeding;
• A substantially similar protective or no contact order issued in another state; or
• A protective order or no contact order issued by a Native American tribe, band, pueblo, nation, or organized group or community. See Ind. Code §35-46-1-15.1.

In order to convict someone of invasion of privacy, the Prosecutor must first prove that the Defendant knew about the no contact, or protective, order. Some invasion of privacy charges are based on alleged text messages or e-mails being sent to the protected party, or on a random encounter with the accused person, who had no intention of violating the order. 

If you are charged with invasion of privacy in Indiana, you need a criminal defense lawyer who will aggressively challenge the evidence in your case and be with you every step of the way.