Sec. 1. Courts of record within their respective jurisdictions have the power to declare rights, status, and other legal relations whether or not further relief is or could be claimed. No action or proceeding is open to objection on the ground that a declaratory judgment or decree is prayed for. The declaration may be either affirmative or negative in form and effect. The declaration has the force and effect of a final judgment or decree.
Ind. Code § 34-14-1-1
Power of court; form and effect of declaration
Known as the Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act
The act spans §§ 34-14-1-1 to 34-14-1-9 (16 sections).
Applied in 21 court decisions — leading case Johnson v. Johnson (2010)
Most recently applied in Trs. of Ind. Univ. v. Curry (March 2019)
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.9.
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