Indiana Guardians Can’t Dissolve Marriages

InMcGee v. McGee, the Indiana Court of Appeals reaffirmed that Indiana statutesdon’t authorize guardians to file petitions for dissolution of marriage onbehalf of their wards.

Indianastatutes do allow guardians to make decisions for the benefit of incapacitatedpersons, but the filing of petitions for the dissolution of marriage is not oneof those decisions.

See Luke Lantta, Indiana Guardians Not Permitted to FilePetitions for Dissolution of Marriage, Bryan Cave Fiduciary Litigation,Nov. 7, 2013.