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IC 29-3-13-1
Payment of debt or delivery of property to foreign guardian
Sec. 1. (a) Any person indebted to an incapacitated person or
minor, or having possession of property belonging to a minor or
incapacitated person, may pay the debt or deliver the property to a
foreign guardian appointed by a court of the state in which the
incapacitated person or minor resides upon being presented with
proof of the foreign guardian's appointment and an affidavit made by
the foreign guardian stating the following:
(1) That the foreign guardian does not know of any other
guardianship proceeding, relating to the incapacitated person or
minor, pending in Indiana.
(2) That the letters of the foreign guardian were duly issued.
(3) In the case of an incapacitated person who is an adult (as
defined in IC 29-3.5-1-2(1)), that the foreign guardian does not
know of a court in a jurisdiction other than Indiana that has
exercised jurisdiction regarding the incapacitated person under
a law similar to IC 29-3.5-2.
(4) That the foreign guardian is entitled to receive the payment
or delivery.
(b) If the person to whom the affidavit is presented does not know
of any other guardianship proceeding pending in Indiana, payment or
delivery in response to the demand and affidavit discharges the
debtor or possessor from any further liability.
As added by P.L.169-1988, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.33-1989,
SEC.81; P.L.178-2011, SEC.7.
IC 29-3-13-2
Filings concerning a foreign guardianship of the property of a
minor; registration of the letters of office of a foreign guardian for
an adult
Sec. 2. (a) This subsection applies to a guardianship of the
property of a minor. If no guardian has been appointed, and no
petition in a guardianship proceeding is pending in Indiana, a
guardian appointed by a court of another state in which the minor is
domiciled may file, with an Indiana court in a county in which
property belonging to the minor is located, an authenticated copy of
the guardian's appointment and a bond that meets the requirements
of IC 29-3-7-1 with respect to that part of the property of the minor
that is located in that county. After filing the copy and bond, the
foreign guardian may exercise as to the property of the minor in that
county in Indiana all powers of a guardian in Indiana and may
maintain actions and proceedings in Indiana.
(b) In the case of an incapacitated person who is an adult (as
defined in IC 29-3.5-1-2(1)), a foreign guardian for that adult may
register certified copies of the guardian's letters of office and order
of appointment under IC 29-3.5-4.
IC 29-3-13-3
Acts by which foreign guardian submits to personal jurisdiction
Sec. 3. A foreign guardian submits personally to the jurisdiction
of Indiana courts in any proceeding relating to the property for which
the guardian is responsible by:
(1) complying with section 2 of this chapter;
(2) receiving payment of money or taking delivery of property
belonging to a minor in Indiana; or
(3) doing any act as a guardian in Indiana that would give
Indiana jurisdiction over the guardian as an individual.
As added by P.L.169-1988, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.33-1989,
SEC.83; P.L.178-2011, SEC.9.