Indiana Code 25-15-9-19. Effect of signing final disposition authorization; liability
(1) is considered to warrant the truthfulness of:
Terms Used In Indiana Code 25-15-9-19
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Decedent: A deceased person.
(B) the identity of the person for whose remains cremation, interment, entombment, or inurnment is sought; and
(C) the individual’s authority to order the cremation, interment, entombment, or inurnment; and
(2) is personally and individually liable to pay damages in compensation for harm that:
(A) is caused by; or
(B) results from;
the signing of the authorization for cremation, interment, entombment, or inurnment.
(b) A funeral home that relies in good faith on a signed authorization for the cremation, interment, entombment, or inurnment of human remains is not civilly or criminally liable or subject to disciplinary actions for carrying out the disposition of the decedent‘s remains in accordance with the instructions in the authorization.
As added by P.L.34-2011, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.6-2012, SEC.177.