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Ind. Code § 29-3-1-7.5

"Incapacitated person"

Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case South Bend Community Schools Corp. v. Widawski Ex Rel. Page (1993)

Most recently applied in In re the Guardianship of Hellen Kinney Morris: Mary M. Kinney and Patrick Kinney v. Paul Kevin Kinney (July 2016)

As added by P.L.33-1989, SEC.60

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Sec. 7.5. "Incapacitated person" means an individual who:

(1) cannot be located upon reasonable inquiry;

(2) is unable:

(A) to manage in whole or in part the individual's property;

(B) to provide self-care; or

(C) both;

because of insanity, mental illness, mental deficiency, physical illness, infirmity, habitual drunkenness, excessive use of drugs, incarceration, confinement, detention, duress, fraud, undue influence of others on the individual, or other incapacity; or

(3) has a developmental disability (as defined in IC 12-7-2-61).

Official source: Indiana General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Indiana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.