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SB0071Introduced in the Senate

Various probate matters.

Passed

Introduced by Cyndi Carrasco, District 36

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Official description

Various probate matters. 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.

Where it stands

Public Law 105

March 5, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

House votes

2 recorded votes · each counted separately

Senate votes

2 recorded votes · each counted separately

HouseStage: House - Conference Committee Report 1 · February 27, 2026

93

Yes

2

No

5

Absent or Not Voting

100 representatives recorded in this House vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

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Bill history

  1. Senator Koch added as second author

  2. Authored by Senator Carrasco

  3. First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary

  4. Committee report: do pass, adopted

  5. Amendment #1 (Carrasco) prevailed; voice vote

  6. Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed

  7. Senator Randolph added as coauthor

  8. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 17: yeas 48, nays 0

  9. House sponsor: Representative Jeter

  10. Referred to the House

  11. First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary

  12. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  13. Second reading: ordered engrossed

  14. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 249: yeas 89, nays 0

  15. Returned to the Senate with amendments

  16. Motion to dissent filed

  17. Senate dissented from House amendments

  18. House conferees appointed: Jeter, Burton

  19. House advisors appointed: Prescott, Davis, Garcia Wilburn

  20. Senate conferees appointed: Carrasco, Randolph Lonnie M

  21. Senate advisors appointed: Taylor G, Koch

  22. Signed by the President Pro Tempore

  23. Signed by the Speaker

  24. Signed by the President of the Senate

  25. CCR # 1 filed in the Senate

  26. CCR # 1 filed in the House

  27. Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 315: yeas 49, nays 0

  28. Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 411: yeas 93, nays 2

  29. Signed by the Governor

  30. Public Law 105

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