§ 29-3-11-2 — Contracts entered into in good faith; personal liability of guardian; liability for acts or omissions; proceeding to determine liability

Indiana § 29-3-11-2

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 3: GUARDIANSHIPS AND PROTECTIVE
• Ch. 11: Liability of Guardians and Persons Acting Under

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(a) Unless otherwise provided in the contract,
a guardian or person acting under a protective order is not personally
liable on a contract entered into in good faith under the order, unless
that person fails to reveal that person's representative capacity and
identify that person's capacity in the contract.
(b) Subject to subsection (a), a guardian or person acting under a
protective order is not personally liable to the protected person or
others for any act or omission in good faith or for any act or omission
of the protected person or others acting on behalf of the protected
person.
(c) The guardian or person acting under a protective order is
personally liable to the protected person for acts or omissions in the
course of the administration of the trust of the guardian or person
acting under a protective order only for a breach of duty to the
protected person.
(d) Any question of liability of the guardian or person acting under
a protective order personally to the protected person may be
determined in a proceeding for accounting, surcharge, indemnification,
or other appropriate proceeding or action.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.169-1988, SEC.1.