29-3-4-2. Contracts, Trusts or Business Transactions of Incapacitated Person or Minor; Ratification by Court; Exercise of Parental Powers in Absence of Guardian
Sec. 2. The court may, without appointment of a guardian, by protective order authorize or ratify: (1) any contract, trust, or other transaction relating to the property and financial or business affairs of the incapacitated person or minor if the court determines the transaction to be in the incapacitated person’s or the minor’s best interest; […]
29-3-7-3. Letters of Guardianship
Sec. 3. (a) Letters of guardianship, temporary or otherwise, shall be issued to the person entitled to receive them when: (1) the guardian, if an individual, has filed bond if required and taken and subscribed before the clerk or any other officer authorized to administer oaths, an oath or affirmation that the guardian will faithfully […]
29-3-4-3. Creditors and Dependents to Be Considered by Court Before Issuing Protective Order; Appointment of Limited Guardian; Authority Conferred by Order
Sec. 3. Before issuing a protective order under this chapter, the court shall consider the interest of creditors and dependents of the protected person and, in view of the disability or minority of the protected person, whether the protected person needs the protection of a guardian. The court may appoint a limited guardian to assist […]
29-3-4-4. Compensation; Persons Whose Services Benefited Protected Person or His or Her Property
Sec. 4. If not otherwise compensated for services rendered, any guardian, attorney, physician, or other person whose services are provided in good faith and are beneficial to the protected person or the protected person’s property is entitled to reasonable compensation and reimbursement for reasonable expenditures made on behalf of the protected person. These amounts may […]
29-3-5-1. Petitions for Appointment of a Guardian or to Have a Protective Order Issued; Requirements; Notice and Hearing; Conduct of Hearing; Participation by Department of Child Services
Sec. 1. (a) Any person may file a petition for the appointment of a person to serve as guardian for an incapacitated person or minor under this chapter or to have a protective order issued under IC 29-3-4. The petition must state the following: (1) The name, age, residence, and post office address of the […]
29-3-5-1.5. Submit Information for Criminal History Check
Sec. 1.5. A petitioner for appointment as a guardian of a minor in a guardianship to which IC 29-3-8-9 applies shall submit the necessary information, forms, or consents for the department of child services to conduct a criminal history check (as defined in IC 31-9-2-22.5) of the petitioner and any other household members before the […]
29-3-2-7. Submissions to the Court; Court Requests for Information
Sec. 7. (a) If a person files a petition to establish or modify guardianship of a minor, any person who: (1) is a party to the guardianship proceeding; and (2) has knowledge that: (A) a party to the guardianship proceeding has been determined to be a perpetrator of a substantiated report of child abuse or […]
29-3-3-1. Payment of Debt Owed to Minor; Delivery of Minor’s Property in Possession of Another; Use of Payment or Property
Sec. 1. (a) Any person indebted to a minor or having possession of property belonging to a minor in an amount not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000) may pay the debt or deliver the property without the appointment of a guardian, giving of bond, or other order of court directly to any person having the […]
29-3-3-2. Property of Incapacitated Person Not in Excess of $10,000; Deposit, Delivery, and Disposition of Property; Compensation and Expenses of Receiver
Sec. 2. When the entire property of an incapacitated person does not exceed the value of ten thousand dollars ($10,000), the court may, without the appointment of a guardian, giving of bond, or other order of court, authorize: (1) the deposit of the property in a depository authorized to receive fiduciary funds in the name […]
29-3-3-3. Custody of Minor by Parents; Consents, Waivers, and Powers of Attorney Provided by Statute or Internal Revenue Code; Consent to Medical Treatment
Sec. 3. Except as otherwise determined in a dissolution of marriage proceeding, a custody proceeding, or in some other proceeding authorized by law, including a proceeding under section 6 of this chapter or another proceeding under this article, and unless a minor is married, the parents of the minor jointly (or the survivor if one […]