{"data":{"id":"us-in/ic-22-3-2-4","jurisdiction":"us-in","citation":"IC 22-3-2-4","heading":"Preexisting contracts; continuance; minors","body":"Sec. 4. (a) Every contract of service between any employer and employee covered by IC 22-3-2 through IC 22-3-6, written or implied, in operation on May 21, 1929, or made or implied prior to May 21, 1929, shall, after May 21, 1929, be presumed to continue; and every such contract made subsequent to May 21, 1929, shall be presumed to have been made subject to the provisions of IC 22-3-2 through IC 22-3-6 unless either party, except as provided in section 15 of this chapter, shall give notice, as provided in section 9 of this chapter, to the other party to such contract that the provisions of IC 22-3-2 through IC 22-3-6 (other than IC 22-3-4-13) are not intended to apply.\n(b) A like presumption shall exist equally in the case of all minors unless notice of the same character be given by or to the parent or guardian of the minor.","path":["TITLE 22. LABOR AND SAFETY","ARTICLE 3. WORKER'S COMPENSATION SYSTEM","Chapter 2. Worker's Compensation: Application, Rights, and Remedies"],"source_url":"https://iga.in.gov/ic/2026/Title_22.html#22-3-2-4","current_through":"2026","vintage":"2026","retrieved_at":"2026-08-18T00:45:42Z","sha256":"0cf9bffe7dee9c0caa982908dcc0a4124e7ff85005c7979b1f9bfc24aeaa72d7","source_id":"us-in","stale":false,"prev":"us-in/ic-22-3-2-3","next":"us-in/ic-22-3-2-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}