Admissibility of recordings and images

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Indiana Code › Title 30 › Article 5 › Chapter 11 › Section 30-5-11-4.9

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Sec. 4.9. (a) Subject to the Indiana Rules of Evidence and the Indiana Rules of Trial Procedure:

(1) a video or audio recording of a principal captured or made either before or after the execution of an electronic power of attorney; or

(2) a video recording, one (1) or more photographic images, or an audio recording captured or made during part or all of the execution of an electronic power of attorney;

may be admissible as evidence under this section.

(b) Recordings for images described in subsection (a) may be admissible as evidence of the following:

(1) The proper execution of an electronic power of attorney.

(2) The intentions of the principal.

(3) The mental state or capacity of a principal.

(4) The authenticity of an electronic power of attorney.

(5) Matters that are determined by a court to be relevant to the probate of an electronic power of attorney.

As added by P.L.185-2021, SEC.30.

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