# Ind. Code § 34-45-2-3: Mentally incompetent persons and guardians

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T34_A45_C2_S34-45-2-3

## Section

- **Citation:** Ind. Code § 34-45-2-3
- **Heading:** Mentally incompetent persons and guardians
- **Jurisdiction:** Indiana
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Indiana Code / Title 34 / Article 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 34-45-2-3

## Text

Sec. 3. (a) This section applies in all suits by or against any person adjudged to be a mentally incompetent person or against the mentally incompetent person's guardian:

(1) founded upon any contract with, or demand against the protected person;

(2) to obtain possession of the real or personal property of the protected person; or

(3) to affect the protected person's property in any manner.

(b) Except as provided in subsection (c), neither party to the transaction is a competent witness to any matter that occurred before the appointment of the incompetent person's guardian.

(c) If the party to the transaction who is under guardianship is adjudged by the court to be competent to testify, the other party to the suit shall not be excluded.

(d) This section does not apply to a contract made or transaction had before February 27, 1903.

(e) Either party to a suit under this section has the right to call and examine an adverse party as a witness. The court may require a party to a suit or other person to testify. An abuse of discretion under this subsection is reviewable on appeal.

[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-2-20-1.]

As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.41.

## Nearby sections

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- [Ind. Code § 34-45-2-1 Competent witnesses generally](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T34_A45_C2_S34-45-2-1.md)
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