Indiana Senate Bill 0032

Indiana’s Speaker of the House has signed Senate Bill 0032, legislation that makes changes to the state’s guardianship laws. The digest of Senate Bill 0032 is below, in full:

Guardianships. Allows a minor who has not been adjudicated an incapacitated person and the minor’s guardian to jointly petition the court to extend the guardianship beyond the date the minor attains 18 years of age. Requires the petition to be verified. Authorizes the court to extend the guardianship, but not beyond the date on which the protected person attains 22 years of age, if the court finds that extending the guardianship is in the best interests of the protected person. Specifies that the extension of the guardianship does not place the person under a legal disability.