The Civil Law Committee heard SB 331 authored by Sen. Zakas on adult permanent guardianship cases. The bill provides for the reporting of adult permanent guardianship cases to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) to comply with federal law. Sen. Zakas presented an amendment to the committee, which was adopted by consent, to specifically require the court to … [Read more...] about Adult permanent guardianship cases
Probate
Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act
The Senate Civil Law Committee heard Sen. Waltz’s SB 253 on uniform fiduciary access to digital assets. This bill enacts the Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. The bill provides that a court may grant a guardian access to the digital assets of the protected person and that, under certain ci … [Read more...] about Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act
Probate matters
The Senate Civil Law Committee heard SB 371 on probate matters authored by Sen. Bray. The bill makes technical corrections and makes changes to transfers on death, priority of a personal representative and stepchildren with respect to control of disposition of a decedent’s body and funeral arrangements, certain inheritance tax duties, the filing of real estate exemptions, and the fi … [Read more...] about Probate matters
2015 Legislative Session Digest
This is the digest of the final installment of the Legislative Update for the 2015 legislative session. This digest contains summaries of select bills of interest or portions of bills that were signed into law in the 2015 legislative session. Civil Law Service of process (S.E.A. 2, P.L. 41-2015) Religious objections to government actions (S.E.A. 50, P.L. 4-2015) Lawsuits against … [Read more...] about 2015 Legislative Session Digest
Judgment dockets
H.E.A. 1141, P.L. 55-2015 Effective: July 1, 2015 Specifies that the clerk of a circuit court: (1) shall keep a judgment docket for the circuit court and for each superior court and probate court served by the clerk; and (2) is the official keeper of the judgment docket for the circuit court and for each superior court and probate court served by the clerk. Provides that a judgment … [Read more...] about Judgment dockets