Sec. 6. The court may refuse to render or enter a declaratory judgment or decree where the judgment or decree, if rendered or entered, would not terminate the uncertainty or controversy giving rise to the proceeding.
Ind. Code § 34-14-1-6
Refusal to render declaratory judgment; discretion of court
Known as the Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act
The act spans §§ 34-14-1-1 to 34-14-1-9 (16 sections).
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Quiring v. Geico General Insurance Co. (2011)
Most recently applied in Mid-Century Insurance Co. v. Estate of Morris (April 2012)
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.9.
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Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Indiana General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Indiana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.