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Under Indiana law, anyone “who has reason to believe that a child is a victim of child abuse or neglect shall make a report” to either the Indiana Department of Child Services (DCS) or a law enforcement agency.[i] If someone fails to make a report when they should, it is a class B misdemeanor, and…
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Under Indiana law, a patient’s mental health record is confidential and can be disclosed only with the consent of the patient, unless there is another law that allows for disclosure. In a legal case, a party may try to obtain mental health records through a discovery request, e.g. a subpoena. However, Indiana law does not allow the…
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In Indiana, parents can make a designation of standby guardian and name someone who they want to serve as their child’s caretaker. See Indiana Code 29-3-3-7. Usually, the parent makes this designation as part of their estate planning process. Depending on the wording of the document, the designation will become effective after the parent dies or becomes…
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When someone dies without a will, they are said to have died “intestate.” Indiana has a set of laws that controls what happens to someone’s estate, called “intestacy statutes.” The primary statute that governs intestate succession is Indiana Code § 29-1-2-1 (the “intestacy statute”). The intestacy statute has a lot of variability and nuance, so the following is…
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