Sec. 11. (a) A person who acts in good faith reliance on a declaration is immune from liability to the same extent as if the person had dealt directly with the declarant and the declarant had been a competent and living person.

     (b) A person who deals with a declaration may presume, in the absence of actual knowledge to the contrary, that:

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Terms Used In Indiana Code 29-2-19-11

  • declarant: means an individual who signs a funeral planning declaration executed under this chapter. See Indiana Code 29-2-19-1
  • declaration: means a funeral planning declaration executed under this chapter. See Indiana Code 29-2-19-2
(1) the declaration was validly executed; and

(2) the declarant was competent at the time the declaration was executed.

     (c) The directions of a declarant expressed in a declaration are binding as if the declarant were alive and competent.

As added by P.L.143-2009, SEC.14.