Indiana House Bill 1023 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-01-07 - First Reading: Referred to Judiciary
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Allows a guardian, including a volunteer advocates for senior program or a volunteer advocates for incapacitated adults program, to request permission to file a petition for dissolution of marriage on behalf of a protected person. Allows the court to grant a request for permission to file a petition for a dissolution of marriage on behalf of a protected person only if the guardian proves by a preponderance of the evidence that the dissolution of marriage is in the best interests of the protected person. Provides that the guardian may not delegate the power to request permission to file a petition for dissolution. Requires the guardian to: (1) be named in a petition for dissolution of marriage; and (2) file, with the petition for dissolution of marriage, a copy of the court order granting the request for permission to file the petition.

Guardian filing for dissolution of marriage.

Rep. Peggy Mayfield [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-01-07	House	First Reading: Referred to Judiciary
2014-01-07	House	Authored by Representative Mayfield

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2014/bills/house/1023/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/7/7/4/b7747f8b/HB1023.01.INTR.pdf