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Establishes the guardianship code revision task force (task force) to study a recodification of the current guardianship code with any necessary changes. Allows a person indebted to a minor or having possession of property belonging to a minor to pay the debt or deliver the property without a court order in an amount up to $25,000 and to pay the debt or deliver the property to a custodian under the Indiana Uniform Transfers to Minors Act. Specifies that a court may do the following when issuing a protective order: (1) authorize delivery of property to a custodian under the Indiana Uniform Transfers to Minors Act; and (2) order a trustee, custodian, or other person to file periodic reports concerning certain property transactions of a minor. Allows a person having the care and custody of a minor with whom the minor resides to petition a court to compromise a claim on behalf of the minor. Requires a court to hold a hearing on certain petitions concerning a proposal to compromise a claim on behalf of a minor and allows a court to appoint a guardian ad litem, an attorney, or other representative to represent the best interest of the minor in the proceeding. Provides that, under the Indiana Uniform Transfers to Minors Act, a trustee or administrator of certain plans may transfer funds due under a plan to the custodian of a minor who is designated as a beneficiary. Allows a custodian to transfer part or all of the minor's custodial property out of the custodial form under the Indiana Uniform Transfers to Minors Act to certain types of trusts or accounts without a court order. Provides that when a power of appointment in a trust (earlier power) is exercised to create another power of appointment (subsequent power) or another nonvested property interest, then the subsequent power or nonvested property interest created through the exercise of the earlier power is considered to have been created at the time of the creation of the earlier power, unless: (1) the instrument creating the earlier power; or (2) the instrument exercising the earlier power; explicitly provides that the subsequent power or nonvested property interest is considered to have been created at the time of the irrevocable exercise of the earlier power. Specifies that language conferring general authority in a power of attorney with respect to personal or family maintenance authorizes an attorney in fact to take certain actions on behalf of the principal for the benefit of the principal and the principal's spouse, children, and other persons customarily supported by the principal. Removes the authorization to employ or contract with servants or companions from the description of health care powers. Provides that the application is only to a lifetime or inter vivos transfer of property to a trust or similar arrangement under which the spouse of the transferor is granted an earlier power that can be exercised during the spouse's lifetime or upon the spouse's death to create a subsequent limited power of appointment or another nonvested property interest. Provides that the exercise of the earlier power or another nonvested property interest is considered to have been created at the time of the creation of the earlier power by the transferor. Specifies that certain written agreements executed between an owner of residential real property and a family member, attorney in fact, health care representative, or guardian that provide for an ownership interest in the residential real property are not prohibited residential real estate service agreements.
Introduced
Dec 8, 2025
Last Action
Mar 5, 2026
Session
IN 2026
Sponsors
3 primary · 1 co
Public Law 105
Signed by the Governor
CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 411: yeas 93, nays 2
Signed by the President Pro Tempore
Signed by the Speaker
Signed by the President of the Senate
Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 411: yeas 93, nays 2
CCR # 1 filed in the House
Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 315: yeas 49, nays 0
Senate conferees appointed: Carrasco, Randolph Lonnie M
House conferees appointed: Jeter, Burton
House advisors appointed: Prescott, Davis, Garcia Wilburn
Senate advisors appointed: Taylor G, Koch
Senate dissented from House amendments
Motion to dissent filed
Returned to the Senate with amendments
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 249: yeas 89, nays 0
Second reading: ordered engrossed
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary
Referred to the House
House sponsor: Representative Jeter
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 17: yeas 48, nays 0
Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
Senator Randolph added as coauthor
Amendment #1 (Carrasco) prevailed; voice vote
Committee report: do pass, adopted
Authored by Senator Carrasco
First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary
Senator Koch added as second author
SB 71 was introduced on Dec 8, 2025 by Chris Jeter in IN session 2026. It is currently signed. Most recent action on Mar 5, 2026: Public Law 105.
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Public Law 105