2024 Indiana Code
Title 30. Trusts and Fiduciaries
Article 5. Powers of Attorney
Chapter 4. Creation of a Power of Attorney
30-5-4-1.9. Admissibility of Recordings and Images

Universal Citation:
IN Code § 30-5-4-1.9 (2024)
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Sec. 1.9. (a) Subject to the Indiana Rules of Evidence and the Indiana Rules of Trial Procedure:

(1) a video or audio recording of a principal captured or made either before or after the execution of a power of attorney; or

(2) a video recording, one (1) or more photographic images, or an audio recording capture made during part or all of the execution of a power of attorney;

may be admissible as evidence under this section.

(b) Recordings or images described in subsection (a) may be admissible as evidence of the following:

(1) The proper execution of a power of attorney.

(2) The intentions of the principal.

(3) The mental state or capacity of a principal.

(4) The authenticity of a power of attorney.

(5) Matters that are determined by a court to be relevant to the validity or enforceability of a power of attorney.

As added by P.L.185-2021, SEC.22. Amended by P.L.162-2022, SEC.22.

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