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) 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.
Last modified: May 27, 2006